Lesage's collaborations
with the artists from Trouver son monde

Until 14 December 2025, the exhibition Trouver son monde at la Galerie du 19M is showcasing seven works by young artists, created in collaboration with the Maisons d'art of le19M, with the aim of preserving living heritage and celebrating its transmission.

In this article, discover Rakajoo and Eden Tinto Collins's collaborations with Lesage, the resident embroidery house at le19M, which are presented in the exhibition.

For this exhibition, artist Rakajoo and Lesage, the resident embroidery and weaving Maison d'art at le19M, have reinterpreted the mask of Rakajoo (meaning "stubborn" in Wolof), from whom the artist borrows his name, in a work entitled Un Instant.

A graduate of the Kourtrajmé School in the Art & Image section, Rakajoo (whose real name is Baye-Dam Cissé) draws inspiration from classical painting, animated films, and comic books. He creates a dialogue between different anonymous characters in domestic settings.

By reinterpreting the Rakajoo mask through embroidery with Maison Lesage, the artist raises the question of duality in a new light. The characters in the painting, in front of which the embroidered mask hangs, resonate with the artist's portraiture, which places his subjects in a narrative that goes beyond the domestic: that of the Afro-European community.

Discover this work in the exhibition until 14 December 2025.

For this exhibition, artist Eden Tinto Collins and Lesage, the resident embroidery and weaving Maison d'art at le19M, have developed the textile installation Ordalie tardive.

A graduate of the École nationale des Beaux-Arts de Cergy, Eden Tinto Collins creates a dialogue between the work and the viewer, between mythology and cyberhumanity. An innovative approach that imagines fictional narratives drawn from history through installation, video, performance, and writing.

The costumes and sets were designed in collaboration with Maison Lesage. Futuristic medieval motifs and embroidery, enhanced and modernised, enable the main character, Jane Dark, a futuristic version of Joan of Arc, to forge connections and travel through time and space. A contemporary tale from the world of science fiction, where the boundaries between legend and reality become blurred, evoking another form of memory.

Discover this work in the exhibition until 14 December 2025.