On the occasion of Luxemburg Art Week 2024, Husk Gallery presents a solo booth with oil paintings by Belgian artist Nathalie Pirotte (°1965, Albertville) who concentrates on human figuration. Mainly depicting beautiful and apparently strong women, the construction of female identity is at the centre of Pirotte's artistic work. Her subjects are mostly inspired by advertisements and media from popular culture which she appropriates in her unique and personal style, characterised by smooth brushwork and an intriguing fusion of bold and vivid colours. After selecting a model, the artist continues her research on the composition, the colouring, and the destruction of the model's gaze. When looking at Nathalie Pirotte's 'Tags' painting series, her genuine affinity with painting becomes obvious. The absence of the eyes induces the spectator to a more pictorial reading, going from the face to the context. The tags or highlights manifest themselves as abstract marks on the relatively carefully painted images of women, as a reminder of the painter's gestural act. Husk Gallery also proposes her most recent series 'Mêmetés' - diptychs in which she doubled her model using an undistorted mirror effect. The inverted paintings are presented together, forcing us to compare the double paintings by identifying the differences. Pirotte’s work stimulates us to both reflect on and discover the unique realm of the painting medium by analysing each painted image in the flesh.
ARTIST BOOK RELEASE
NATHALIE PIROTTE. Entre roses et reflets : identité et hybridation.
On the occasion of the art fair Luxembourg Art Week 2024, Husk Gallery is happy to launch Nathalie Pirotte's artist’s book entitled 'Roses et reflets:identité et hybridation'.
The publication is a limited edition of 50 copies, written in French and Engish, hardcover and 140p. Every book is numbered and hand signed by the artist.