Richard TEXIER

In 1987, Texier received the commission for the tapestry series on the Rights of Man, for the bicentenary of the French Revolution. The choice was unexpected, as the still-young artist had never before provided tapestry designs. This commission brought together the Aubusson workshops still in operation, the seven tapestries of the series totaling over 130 square meters woven with literal quotations (the tables of the Declaration are reproduced exactly as they were in the revolutionary-era engraving), swaying objects, symbols, texts, and more.
Subsequently, Texier continued to provide designs, both for the National Manufactories (a series of three tapestries and a rug) and for Aubusson itself. Our cardboard incorporates the plastic signs, scattered texts, and traces specific to the artist's graphic and plastic universe, which constitute, to quote him, "maps where [he] introduced piloting elements," so that the eponymous "secret" could be revealed to us.

Bibliography:
The Human Rights Suite, Niort, 1989