Nushka Nushka was born in 1983 in Lille, France. She lives and works in Paris and Southern France. She studies political science in Science Po and management in HEC Paris. She considers knowledge as a whole and beauty being part of it. Representation of the body is concurrent in artist’s work. A predominantly female body she explores in all its forms; faces, busts and fragments of body... “The narrative is not essential for me. I enclose the body of my subjects in abstract structures, diagonals, verticals, loose perspective lines as if they were the backbones of my new models.” Nushka plays on contrasts; sensitive, sensual, timeless topics and vivid, dynamic and contemporary brushstrokes. nushka.fr Fashion Week, 2013. Oil on wood, 21 cm by 16 cm.
Alison Elizabeth Taylor By bringing marquetry (wood inlay) into the realm of traditional painting and drawing, I challenge the conventional distinction between craft and high art. Like traditional painting, these works wrestle with issues of beauty, realism, narrative, and illusion. Part of the appeal of integrating this medium is its history of erratic flights to the high and low ends of the cultural spectrum. This hierarchical schizophrenia in regards to artistic value encourages reevaluation of how these distinctions are determined. alisonelizabethtaylor.com
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Transparent Eye, 2013. Wood veneer, oil paint, shellac , 53 1/2 in by 40 in. Courtesy of the artist & The James Cohan Gallery.