Les Veilleuses is about our loved ones. In her studio, Marguerite Piard revives the memory of their presence at her side, like ‘little lights on which to rely to face the night, to grow up, to no longer be afraid’. On the canvas, friends, family and lovers mingle as witnesses to her secrets, watching over her well-being in moments of doubt. This light, dancing under the hours spent caring for each other, is reflected on their bodies, staged in intimate, abstract settings ; passing through half-open shutters, wondering if it will indeed let the darkness out.