Nicolas Ceccaldi: Cartons presents public-domain cartoons of historical figures alongside Venetian seascapes, all rendered in dry pastel and arranged in rhythmic sequences across the gallery. Multiple iterations of an unfinished Napoleon evoke a dreamlike loop, while putti after Fragonard sit within a symmetrical frame of royal portraits once meant to embody virtue. A 50-minute abstract video loop extends the show’s interest in repetition, mimesis, and the lingering gaze of absent figures.
