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This is not a story that is already over, faded as soon as it has been told, but one
of those that infuse the world by being tirelessly replayed.
Inès Longevial gives life to a giant, a brute yet fragile force, evoking a repressed
desire that is expressed through every stroke of paint. The lines of Cécile Coulon’s poem
“My Strength”1 echo here: “My strength smothers / Those who prevent it / From moving
forward,” depicting an internal struggle that is felt in the palpable vigor and energy of the
painter’s work. Faced with absurdity, she confronts herself: “My force has no meaning /
it has never …