Nicolas Party’s immersive installations of pastels, paintings and sculptures take you on a technicolour trip with a natural naivety…
Nicolas Party – Apartamento Interview
Nicolas at work in his apartment. Interview by Sinisa Mackovic for Apartamento. Photo by Wai Lin Tse.
In architecture, arches have such a strong effect on the body, it feels like a hug from on top of you.
—Nicolas Party, Apartamento Magazine Interview
Nicolas Party – Pastel
Installation view of Nicolas Party: Pastel at The FLAG Art Foundation, 2019. Photo by Steven Probert.
I fell in love with the fact that pastel is super fragile,” Party says. There’s a poetic edge to an artwork that can so easily become nothing more than “dust in the air”.
—Nicolas Party, All Arts Interview
Nicolas Party – Pastel
Installation view of Nicolas Party: Pastel at The FLAG Art Foundation, 2019. Photo by Steven Probert.
Nicolas Party – Pastel
Installation view of Nicolas Party: Pastel at The FLAG Art Foundation, 2019. Photo by Steven Probert.
Nicolas Party – Pastel
Installation view of Nicolas Party: Pastel at The FLAG Art Foundation, 2019. Photo by Steven Probert.
I guess the word “still life” (or “nature morte”) is a good example of what art tries to achieve: merging two opposite notions into one object. Life is not still and nature is not dead, but maybe a painting can be.
—Nicolas Party, Spike Art Interview
Nicolas Party – Still Life
2015, from ‘Boys and Pastel’ exhibition at Inverleith House, Edinburgh.
Nicolas Party – Arches
2018–2019, installation view at M WOODS, Beijing.
Nicolas Party – Dinner for 24 Animals
2016, installation view,
Gauguin said: “I want only to do simple, very simple art.” The idea of simplicity is very beautiful and maybe naivety is a tool to get there.
—Nicolas Party, Spike Art Interview
Nicolas Party – 157 Days of Sunshine
2013, Spray paint on wall, 6m x 30m. The Bothy Project at the Walled Garden, Glasgow
Nicolas Party – 157 Days of Sunshine
2013, Spray paint on wall, 6m x 30m. The Bothy Project at the Walled Garden, Glasgow. Photo by Patrick Jameson.
Nicolas Party – Trees
2019, exhibition at the Marciano Art Foundation, photo by Joshua White.
