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Transitional Home
2009
Farah Atassi
Painting
195 x 160 cm
Oil on canvas
Atassi’s work on “transitional spaces” was initially inspired by photographs of Russian communal apartments from the Soviet era, and later by images of waiting rooms and deserted public spaces found in books or magazines.
She describes the spaces she paints as “receptacles of action”, where the viewer can sense a tension— the feeling of having arrived just before or just after something has occurred.
Originally from Syria, Farah Atassi has lived in France since her studies at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, where she was part of Jean-Michel Alberola’s studio. Her large-scale compositions, inspired by art history, architecture, and design, often depict interior spaces. She combines geometric forms, spaces, and figures on a single plane using a visual language influenced by modernist artists, aiming to create a universal pictorial language.
Photo : Rebecca Fanuele. Courtesy Almine Rech.
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Farah Atassi
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