Characterized by vibrantly coloured geometric shapes and plays on perspective, Farah Atassi’s paintings create imaginary yet inhabited spaces that, by means of their visual trickery confusing depth and imminence, are impossible to fully grasp. The artist employs two main, methodological building blocks: a meticulous collection of images and a masking tape grid laid out in order to systematise the patterns produced within the abandoned interiors or scenes akin to still lifes she depicts. Situated on the fringes of narration, her paintings mix textile patterns and motley mosaics, referencing Modernism and Folk Art in equal measure. In the artist’s own words what we are dealing with are “figurative paintings that depict abstraction”.
Farah Atassi
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Farah Atassi, Model in Studio 6, 2020
Oil and glycero on canvas
180 x 145 cm
70 7/8 x 57 1/8 in -
Farah Atassi, The Show 2, 2020
Oil on canvas
200 x 160 cm
78 3/4 x 63 in -
Farah Atassi, Seated Woman with Sailor Top, 2020
Oil and glycero on canvas
200 x 160 cm
78 3/4 x 63 in -
Farah Atassi, Still Life with Checkers, 2020
Oil on canvas
130 x 162 cm
51 1/8 x 63 3/4 in -
Farah Atassi, Sleeping Dancer, 2020
Acrylic and glycero on canvas
160 x 200 cm
63 x 78 3/4 in
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Farah Atassi, Model in Studio 4, 2019
Oil and glycerol on canvas
200 x 160 cm
78 3/4 x 63 in -
Farah Atassi, Model in Studio 2 , 2019
Model in Studio 2, 2019
Oil and glycerol on canvas
78 3/4 x 70 7/8 x 1 in
200 x 180 x 2,5 cm
Model in Studio 2, 2019 Oil and glycerol on canvas 78 3/4 x 70 7/8 x 1 in 200 x 180 x 2,5 cm -
Farah Atassi, FA0006, 2019
Woman with Brooch, 2019
Oil and glycerol on canvas
72 7/8 x 55 1/8 inches
185 x 140 cm
© Farah Atassi - Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech
Photo: Rebecca Fanuele.
Farah Atassi, Woman with Brooch, 2019 - Oil and glycerol on canvas - 72 7/8 x 55 1/8 inches; 185 x 140 cm / © Farah Atassi - Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech - Photo: Rebecca Fanuele. -
Farah Atassi, Woman in Rocking Chair 4, 2019
Oil and glycerol on canvas
78 3/4 x 63 in
200 x 160 cm
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Farah Atassi, Woman in Sailor Top, 2018
Oil and enamel on canvas
180 x 145 cm
70 7/8 x 57 1/8 inches
Exhibitions
Museum Exhibitions
Selected press
- Mara Hoberman, ‘Farah Atassi’, Artforum, April 2020 — 1.6 MB
- Conversation : Farah Atassi and Eric Troncy, Consortium Museum, Dijon, France, November 2019 - April 2020 — 534.5 kB
- Judicaël Lavrador, ‘Farah Atassi, par ici l'assorti’, Libération, January 2020 — 1.8 MB
- Rozalia Jovanovic, 'On our Radar' , Galerie Magazine , Fall 2019 — 472.4 kB
- Kristen Tauer, 'Farah Atassi's Paintings Take Shape at Almine Rech Gallery', WWD, June 2019 — 208.7 kB
- Talia Elbaz, ' Farah Atassi's Painting as an Act of Resistance', June 20, 2019 — 544.2 kB
- Howard Halle, 'The Top Five New York art shows this week" June 17, 2019 — 647.3 kB
- Sarah Cascone, "Editiors' Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week, June 17, 2019 — 586.5 kB
- Bruno Demeulenaere, 'Quand les oeuvres dialogues entre elles au Musée des Beaux-Arts', La Voix du Nord, January 05, 2019 — 352.0 kB
- Lorenza Bacino, 'A grand re-opening with many previously unseen works', DISCOVER BENELUX, October 2018 — 130.8 kB
- Damien Aubel, 'Absolument moderne', Transfuge, September 2020 — 1.0 MB
- Emmanuelle Lequeux, 'Fusion d'un siècle de peinture', Beaux Arts, September 2020 — 226.2 kB
- Arts Libres, September 2020 — 86.4 kB
- Roxana Azimi, 'La peinture ne fait plus tache.', Le Magazine du Monde, September 2020 — 419.1 kB
- Yiren Shen, ‘Farah Atassi: The Power of Women in a Chaotic World’, Artnet, May 2022 — 2.3 MB