Almine Rech Gallery

05-02-2023: www.alminerech.com/artists/5169-farah-atassi

Farah Atassi

  • , Model in Studio 6, 2020
    Oil and glycero on canvas
    180 x 145 cm
    70 7/8 x 57 1/8 in
  • , The Show 2, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    200 x 160 cm
    78 3/4 x 63 in
  • , Seated Woman with Sailor Top, 2020
    Oil and glycero on canvas
    200 x 160 cm
    78 3/4 x 63 in
  • , Still Life with Checkers, 2020
    Oil on canvas
    130 x 162 cm
    51 1/8 x 63 3/4 in
  • , Sleeping Dancer, 2020
    Acrylic and glycero on canvas
    160 x 200 cm
    63 x 78 3/4 in
  • , Model in Studio 4, 2019
    Oil and glycerol on canvas
    200 x 160 cm
    78 3/4 x 63 in
  • , 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
  • , 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.
  • , Woman in Rocking Chair 4, 2019
    Oil and glycerol on canvas
    78 3/4 x 63 in
    200 x 160 cm
  • , Woman in Sailor Top, 2018
    Oil and enamel on canvas
    180 x 145 cm
    70 7/8 x 57 1/8 inches

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”. 

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