Objet Trouvé* was created during seven months in the Grand Canyon

of the Colorado River, where Margeaux Bestard spent the summer of 2021

working as a boatman. She brought with her gifted and found objects from her home

on the rim in Flagstaff, AZ.

This project explores the intersection of home with the sacred —

what makes a home, and how does one experience the sacred within it,

by braiding together Bestard’s home on the rim with her home below.

All frames in this exhibition were handcrafted in Flagstaff by Kimberly Murdza.

As metal can transform from fluid into solid and back again, so Bestard’s art transmutes home into the sacred. This exhibit was first presented at West of the Moon Gallery in Flagstaff, AZ in November, 2021.

*objet trouve, noun: an ordinary object that is treated as art and is exhibited as such