In Marie Rosen’s work, the search for precious small-format objects, reminiscent of ancient illuminations and ex-voto, can be seen as a revaluation of the act of painting, reviving in some way the tradition of craftsmanship. From this stems her desire for a coherent project guided by the rigor and seriousness of her personal approach. On the other hand, the narrative appears secondary: concentrated in a moment of time and space and frozen in time, it is the meeting of unusual and heterogeneous elements, of which the background on which they sometimes seem to float is already a part. This encounter is the source of a network of meanings, whether invented or lived moments, modulating known elements into pictorial scenes intelligible to all. These elements emerge as a function of external parameters and sometimes modify themselves a little themselves, until they acquire a kind of autonomy. Perception is immediate and requires no explanation. In this sense, no interpretation is (in-)correct. Who are these characters, and what do they do? The solitude that surrounds them seems to freeze them in a context that nevertheless appears narrative, a sort of para-world of projection, in a image specific to the medium. (Jennifer Beauloye)