by
Farah Atassi
’First of all, it is important to say that Farah Atassi unabashedly embraces her profound knowledge of and admiration for moderniste painting, from Pablo Picasso and Fernand Léger to Georges Braque. As Atassi says ‘ the references and allusions in my paintings are not hints for the educated observer : they are formal propositions that need to be understood in their claim of universality ‘. - Eric Troncy