NICOLAS PARTY – TWO NAKED WOMEN
2015-03-30For this exhibition the Swiss born, Brussels based artist will respond to the dual structure of the gallery, taking it as an opportunity to explore the shape-shifting physicality of color: two large-scale black and white charcoal wall drawings presenting classical nudes of women will be drawn on the end walls of the gallery, creating a link between the two spaces and a striking formal contrast to the vividly-coloured landscapes pastels on the side walls.
From the pastel on canvas to the charcoal wall drawings, the visitor will experience a journey from the liveliness of colorsto the most primal of mark-making materials. Charcoal’s primary nature will create an immediate, tactile connection with the wall’s surface, that provides the ground for a sort of trompe-l’œil illusion. The show at kaufmann repetto will also feature a series of new pastels depicting imaginary landscapes, spaced out by sculptural ceramic teapot beaks sticking out from the walls. While coffee pots and tableware are recurring subjects in Nicolas Party’s work that may recall historical painters such as Giorgio Morandi, Party’s paintings and pastels, with their often improbable proportions and unrepresentative, vivid colors, create a sense of painting as something deeply contemporary and tangible.
Opposite – Portrait, 2015
Exhibition runs through to April 20th, 2015
Kaufmann Repetto
Via di porta Tenaglia 7
20121 Milan
Italy
