Maïssa Toulet Playing Card Art Frame messynessychic and companionship — qualities families

and companionship — qualities families wanted to reflect in their homes

A small armoury of artistic musketeers would dominate French artistic taste and become the emissaries of erotica

career hurdles or strong personality quirks

with inner lining made of green cotton (there are 4 credit card compartments on one side

Maïssa Toulet Playing Card Art Frame messynessychic and companionship — qualities familiesA poetic collage arranged within a shallow black frame. Inside, a scattering of playing cards floats against a black background, some face up with hearts, others turned to reveal patterned blue backs. Interspersed among them are small cut out illustrations: a woman in profile, a pair of clasped hands, a crow mid call, and the back of a womans bare shoulders. The composition feels both surreal and cinematic like fragments from forgotten love stories or