In Jungian dream interpretation, the serpent represents ambivalence and at times immorality… No doubt Arnaud prefers the Indian tantric reading, in which the serpent symbolises kundalini or “vital energy”. It represents access to knowledge and divine consciousness: that of the artist?

From the very beginning, Arnaud has travelled through black and white. The common thread of her work, she is fascinated by the subtlety of black — its depths and the possibilities it offers once mastered… Of her black-and-white works, Arnaud often says she pours more of her soul into them.

An ode to primal art and naïveté: here we discover her adventurer’s spirit and the tales of her travels, where she crossed paths with goddesses and gods, monsters and humans… A glimpse into her reveries — those of an ethnic world that dances, drifts and lingers, deeply languorous.