Choukry Benmansour's original choice is to carve the stone into only the finest veins. Following a preliminary drawing, the marble is hollowed out with gouges and fine burrs until the lines are so delicate that the artist verifies their regularity by touch. Enhanced with natural pigments possessing a metallic sheen, these marble bas-reliefs combine technical rigor with poetic suspension. — Yves de Saint Jacob, Editor-in-Chief, Alger Paris.