Twelve prints on fabric are aligned along the wall of the exhibition: each consists of a mosaic made up of ten images depicting the artist’s studio and is accompanied by its own ‘mesure’. In this way, 120 photographs of his works, separate images tightly framed together, testify to the immense richness of his studio – the magnetic lair of Sarkis the blacksmith. A creative space beyond compare, his studio is the focal point of all the exhibitions that have punctuated six decades of uncompromising work. Both a matrix and Commencements, Sarkis’ refuge contains hundreds of skilfully arranged works – at rest or tenderly put on show – in a printing factory in Villejuif that the artist took over in 2000.