Nathalie Du Pasquier
Volume I & II
A two-volume catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Big Objects Not Always Silent at the Kunsthalle Wien and the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania.
Nathalie Du Pasquier was one of the founding members of Memphis, the groundbreaking Milanese design and architecture collective. During her time with the group she designed patterns for textiles and carpets as well as objects and furniture. Since 1987, however, her main focus and passion has been painting. The title of this publication describes the main focus of her work: the still life. Her distinct influences are visible here: travels to Africa, the ornamentation of the Wiener Werkstätte, the art of Le Corbusier and Amédée Ozenfant, and Novecento painting by Giorgio de Chirico and Giorgio Morandi.
This publication consists of two volumes: an artist’s book by Du Pasquier with drawings, photographs, and reproductions of her paintings (Volume I), and a book with photographs by Delfino Sisto Legnani of works from the past decades (Volume II). Texts by writers and artists and an interview with Du Pasquier provide an informative and subjective view of her artistic practice.
Texts by Andrew Ayers, Dafne Boggeri, Lodovico Pignatti Morano, Stephen Piccolo, Luca Lo Pinto, Barbara Radice
2016, published by Kunsthalle Wien and Sternberg Press
English/German
21 × 29,7 cm, 56 pages (Volume I), 260 pages (Volume II)
20 b/w and 170 color ill.
two-volume set, softcover
ISBN: 978-3-95679-255-7
