“It is a hidden stone and buried in a deep fountain
And cast in the ways and covered with dirt
This one stone hath all names
This stone is a stone and no stone
It is a bird and no bird
It is Jupiter, Mars, Sol, Venus,
And Luna
Now silver, now gold, and now an element
Now water, now wine, now blood
Now virgin’s milk, now spume of the sea, or vinegar
Now sal gemme, now common salt
Now auri pigmentum
Now the purged sea purified with sulphur
And thus they figure it because they would not reveal it to the ignorant
Nor conceal it from those that are wise
And that the copper which is handled be not distributed to fools
This only Luna is called by all names.”
Softly, in the silent evening, hidden by the shadows of a soundproof fortress,
the long invisible hand slowly unlocks the tinted window.
EN — Los Angeles, 2025
Édouard Nardon (b. Bordeaux, 1978) is a visual artist living and working between Los Angeles and New York City.
His artistic practice spans painting and sculpture, characterized by a cryptic interplay between abstraction and figuration. His creative process often begins with precise compositions rooted in personal fixations. These initial forms are then methodically deconstructed, as Nardon employs his distinctive logic of alteration that involves layering materials such as marble dust, gypsum, and pigments.
This approach allows him to transcend mere representation, turning his work into a dialogue between conscious and unconscious creation. The result invites the viewer to explore complex dimensions where memory, materiality, and symbolism converge, revealing a richly textured visual language that coalesces both the visible and the invisible.
