This oil on canvas by Nathalie Du Pasquier from her exhibition Saint Fairy Anne at Kerlin in Dublin is entitled Coming back from Egypt 2, 2024. The play on words title – a phonetic Anglicisation of “ça ne fait rien” or “it doesn’t matter” – is as good a description as you can find of paintings that splice together still life composition, architectural plans, industrial drawing and playful text fragments with blocks of colour, simplified. Bordeaux born Du Pasquier first discovered pattern and texture in West Africa in the 1970s. A founding member of the Memphis design group she has lived in Milan since 1979. The renowned and widely exhibited artist designed textiles, carpets, furniture and objects before dedicating herself mostly to painting in 1987. The art in this not to be missed show is characterised by bold shapes, linear motifs, dynamic composition and glorious experimentation. It runs until May 17.
