Richard TEXIER

In 1987, Texier received the commission for the « Rights of Man » tapestry ensemble, for the bicentenary of the Revolution. The choice was unexpected, since the artist, then still young, had never at that time produced tapestry cartoons. It then made it possible to bring together the Aubusson workshops still in activity, the 7 tapestries in the ensemble totaling more than 130 m² woven with literal literary quotations (the tables of the declaration are reproduced exactly; the engraving from the revolutionary period) , oscillating objects, signs, texts….
After that, Texier would continue to provide cartoons, both for the Manufactures Nationales (a series of 3 tapestries, one rug) and for Aubusson. Our cartoon takes up the artist’s plastic signs, scattered texts, and the traces specific to his graphic and plastic universe, which, to cite him, are « cards where [he] introduces piloting elements », so that the eponymous « secret » is revealed to us.

Bibliography :
La Suite des Droits de l’Homme, Niort, 1989