The artwork features a striking quadtych composition with bold, vibrant colors. The visual elements include deep crimson and amber hues, creating a sense of warmth and energy. The shapes are abstract and organic, suggesting a natural or cosmic phenomenon. The artist employs a distinctive photographic technique, likely using macro lensing or specialized lighting, to capture the intricate textures and luminous qualities of the subject matter. The context suggests an exploration of the interplay between light, color, and the natural world, inviting the viewer to contemplate the beauty and complexity of the unseen. ...
Natacha Donzé’s creates mystifying paintings. By combining abstraction and figuration she relocates recognisable forms to extraordinary contexts. Ancient reliefs surface in galaxies, with unsettling constellations of corporate paraphernalia lighting up these compositions. Cartoon stars used for rating restaurants or experiences sit next to painterly ‘real’ stars, fragments of coke cans are bathed in cosmic light, whilst ruins of altars are suspended in space. By intertwining these spiritual, technological, and capitalist signifiers, Donzé’s canvases lead the viewer to question societal priorities within neo-liberalism, and to perhaps wrestle with the imbalances within their own lives. Donzé’s titles further this societal analysis, merging militant language with prosaic and religious phrases (Secular Liquid, The Stoop 2020, Commodity Zero 2020, Emissions of Decline, 2020). What runs as a constant throughout these acrylic works, is an insatiable sense of curiosity to unpick what it is that governs contemporary society, with each painting offering another cryptic clue to the puzzle. ...
Parliament Gallery, founded in 2020, resembles a desire to rethink the function of the art gallery by formulating new proposals of audience interaction with the artwork and visibility to a new generation of french and international artists. Parliament wishes to build through a program that is dedicated to the circulation of ideas and collective reflection. The exhibition program will be interspersed with punctual “Interludes”, archive exhibitions and retrospectives, aiming to put into perspective the transdisciplinary character of creation. ...
