FARAH ATASSI (NÉE EN 1981)
Playroom II, 2012
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the back.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled on the reverse.
H_200 cm W_180 cm
Provenance:
- Galerie Xippas, Paris
- Acquired from this gallery by the current owner
- Private collection "Like Mondrian or Malevich - two important influences for the artist -
Atassi relies on a grid to organize his carefully crafted compositions of color and form. The grid also helps him draw the orthogonal lines that he uses to represent three-dimensional space. By reclaiming an essential feature of non-objective art - the famous modernist grid - as the framework on which she builds her imaginary spaces and hangs her narrative scenes, Atassi firmly anchors her art between abstraction and figuration.