35cm x 50cm - 2010

Coffee beans, coffee powder, coffee pot

“C’est la vie” is a common and simple existential observation that points out how life is full of imperfections: bad things happen to people for no particular reason. No matter how much effort you put in setting the table, minutely scrutinising every single detail, while pouring coffee to conclude the perfect supper...oooooooooops you might spill over the pot. Life is not preventing your fall, it’s a question of sorting things out when they’re messed up, just like cleaning the kitchen from an unexpected coffee explosion.