Nathalie Du Pasquier's solo show Fermata Sospesa at Apalazzo Gallery presents the artist's oil paintings as well as a group of wooden constructions.
"Fermata Sospesa (‘Station Suspended’) means the train goes on by without stopping. Du Pasquier presents recent small-format paintings and constructions that are the upshot of wooden assemblages she began to put together in 2008. These pieces were then taken apart, repainted and reassembled together with small paintings to form new pieces for this year’s exhibition. On entering the gallery, we are greeted with a sort of altar on which a large perforated brick towers above a painting on MDF. Entering the upper hall, we come across the collection of constructions set out along one of the walls. This collection is displayed so as to emphasise the particularity of each construction: some are presented as towers, others as fragments of furnishings or totems featuring mysterious symbols. By contrast, on the opposite side, a long strip of 50 cm-high paintings stretches along the wall in a single sequence. The paintings coupled with constructions offer an alternative way of looking at painting. Perhaps we are going back to the notion of the object, which Du Pasquier has never fully abandoned, thus somewhat demystifying the idea of the painting as an object. Contrasting with the linearity of this installation, in the other gallery space, small paintings dot the walls like geometric fragments."
- Apalazzo Gallery press release
March 23 - May 18th, 2024.
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