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Sasha Ferré Toccata

Sep 7 — Oct 7, 2023 | Paris, Turenne

Opening on September 7th, from 6 to 8 pm

Almine Rech Paris, Turenne is pleased to announce 'Toccata', Sasha Ferré’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from September 7 to October 7, 2023.

Sasha Ferré does not see her paintings. Or at least she cannot see them when she is working: her hands are full of colours, she is fully immersed in the act of blending oils and caressing the material she handles. Sasha Ferré does not see her paintings, and yet she only works in the daytime as she craves natural light. From what she told me about her creative process, my understanding is that she performs a sort of daytime ritual which consists of coating the surface of a linen canvas with an initial layer of coloured tempera before covering the background with greasy pigmented matter. Issues of depth, and therefore dimensions, are already at stake. All of her work must take place in the space of a day - a rule dictated by the physical properties of oil paint, which also gives Sasha Ferré’s work a conceptual nature (the canvas as unity of time). Her ritual is soundtracked by music, and you can’t help but feel compelled to imagine what beats and melodies may have sounded across the studio while the artist was composing her latest works.
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— Cédric Fauq

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Selected artworks

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      In the days of better rainfall, 2023

    Sasha Ferré In the days of better rainfall, 2023

    Oil stick and tempera on canvas
    200 x 120 cm (each)
    78 1/2 x 47 in (each)

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      Closer and closer to the ground, 2023

    Sasha Ferré Closer and closer to the ground, 2023

    Oil stick and tempera on canvas
    275 x 200 cm
    108 1/2 x 78 1/2 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      Borne on a wave of wind, 2023

    Sasha Ferré Borne on a wave of wind, 2023

    Oil stick and tempera on canvas
    250 x 200 cm
    98 1/2 x 78 1/2 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      And the sun can never burn through it, 2023

    Sasha Ferré And the sun can never burn through it, 2023

    Oil stick and tempera on canvas
    200 x 160 cm
    78 1/2 x 63 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      Breath by breath, 2023

    Sasha Ferré Breath by breath, 2023

    Oil stick and tempera on canvas
    197 x 160 cm
    78 1/2 x 63 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      As soon as dawn appears, 2023

    Sasha Ferré As soon as dawn appears, 2023

    Oil stick and tempera on canvas
    200 x 160 cm
    78 1/2 x 63 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      Water... shook itself into flames and burnt itself into fur and tore itself into flesh, 2023

    Sasha Ferré Water... shook itself into flames and burnt itself into fur and tore itself into flesh, 2023

    Oil stick and tempera on canvas
    200 x 160 cm
    78 1/2 x 63 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      I followed the advice of water, 2023

    Sasha Ferré I followed the advice of water, 2023

    Oil stick and tempera on canvas
    200 x 150 cm
    78 1/2 x 59 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      And after a while a flower, 2023

    Sasha Ferré And after a while a flower, 2023

    Oil stick and tempera on canvas
    200 x 140 cm
    78 1/2 x 55 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      Dressed only in her clouds, 2023

    Sasha Ferré Dressed only in her clouds, 2023

    Oil stick and tempera on wood panel
    160 x 130 cm
    63 x 51 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      In time with the wind, 2023

    Sasha Ferré In time with the wind, 2023

    Oil stick and tempera on wood panel
    120 x 100 cm
    47 x 39 1/2 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      Who could offend the sea, 2023

    Sasha Ferré Who could offend the sea, 2023

    Oil stick and tempera on wood panel
    120 x 100 cm
    47 x 39 1/2 in