2017
Inkjet printed on carved moab paper
(112cm x 62cm)
On July 4, 2012, the ATLAS and CMS experiments carried out at the LHC, announced that they had both observed a new fundamental particle: the Higgs boson. This discovery revolutionized physics because it helped explain how particles acquire mass. In the work Higgs Boson Blues, the two explosions formed by converging lines that are cut in the paper, refer to this double detection at the LHC. At the center of the composition, a polyhedron inspired by Albrecht Dürer’s Melencolia (1514) engraving is drawn in negative. The angel in Dürer’s work is entrusted by Saturn’s rays with his own inspiration as well as his melancholy. In the engraving, a representation of Saturn’s radiant glimmer recalls the double detection at the LHC in 2012.