{"title":"Natacha Mercier","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"563\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"563\"\u003eBorn in 1976 and based in Brussels, Natacha Mercier is an artist who works across a range of media, including painting, photography, video, and performance. Her practice explores the limits of vision, playing with the thresholds between the visible and the invisible. Her approach is characterized by the use of techniques that blur and layer paint, creating images that gradually emerge and invite the viewer to sustained and attentive looking.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"565\" data-end=\"1067\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"565\" data-end=\"1067\"\u003eWith the \u003cem data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"587\"\u003eVasistas?\u003c\/em\u003e series presented here, she turns her attention to works that, throughout the history of art, have been censored, obscured, prohibited, or concealed. These pictorial fragments, like small apertures, offer fleeting glimpses—narrow passages into an imaginary realm charged with absence and memory. By questioning what has been withdrawn from view, Natacha Mercier invites the viewer to consider art history not as a stable narrative, but as a field traversed by gaps and silences.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"764\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWhile Natacha Mercier’s work explicitly refers to the history of art, and in particular to the Western pictorial tradition, it does so in order to more effectively question the body in the digital age. Through techniques of partial erasure of the subject, the artist renders the body visible in its most intimate aspects. Rather than revealing, Natacha Mercier suggests, offering us the possibility of passing through the veil of images of the body and its prohibitions. The works in the Vasistas? series aim to censor in order to better exhibit, to veil in order to more effectively undermine the censorship of the visible.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"767\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText by Jérôme Carrié, Exhibition Curator at CIAM, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"leda-et-le-cygne-variation-de-leda-au-cygne-de-boucher","title":"LÉDA ET LE CYGNE - Variation of “Léda au cygne” by BOUCHER","description":"\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eAcrylic on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e35\" x 45,6\" in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e89 x 116 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePrice on request\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"764\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWhile Natacha Mercier’s work explicitly refers to the history of art, and in particular to the Western pictorial tradition, it does so in order to more effectively question the body in the digital age. Through techniques of partial erasure of the subject, the artist renders the body visible in its most intimate aspects. Rather than revealing, Natacha Mercier suggests, offering us the possibility of passing through the veil of images of the body and its prohibitions. The works in the Vasistas? series aim to censor in order to better exhibit, to veil in order to more effectively undermine the censorship of the visible.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"767\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText by Jérôme Carrié, Exhibition Curator at CIAM, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Natacha Mercier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50736529735986,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/4869\/8160\/files\/1natacha-mercier-LEDA-89x116cm-2015-variationLEDAETLECYGNE-boucher.jpg?v=1765983574"},{"product_id":"frau-l-variation-de-olympia-de-manet","title":"FRAU L - Variation of “Olympia” by MANET","description":"\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eAcrylic on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e35\" x 51,1\" in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e89 x 130 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePrice on request\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"764\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWhile Natacha Mercier’s work explicitly refers to the history of art, and in particular to the Western pictorial tradition, it does so in order to more effectively question the body in the digital age. Through techniques of partial erasure of the subject, the artist renders the body visible in its most intimate aspects. Rather than revealing, Natacha Mercier suggests, offering us the possibility of passing through the veil of images of the body and its prohibitions. The works in the Vasistas? series aim to censor in order to better exhibit, to veil in order to more effectively undermine the censorship of the visible.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"767\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText by Jérôme Carrié, Exhibition Curator at CIAM, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Natacha Mercier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50736530260274,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/4869\/8160\/files\/2natacha-mercier-FRAUL-89x130cm2015-variationOLYMPIA-manet.jpg?v=1765983787"},{"product_id":"grand-nu-descendant-lescalier-variation-nu-sur-un-escalier-by-richter","title":"GRAND NU DESCENDANT L'ESCALIER - Variation of \"NU SUR UN ESCALIER\" by RICHTER","description":"\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eAcrylic on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e51,1\" x \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e35\" in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e130 x \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e89 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePrice on request\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"764\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWhile Natacha Mercier’s work explicitly refers to the history of art, and in particular to the Western pictorial tradition, it does so in order to more effectively question the body in the digital age. Through techniques of partial erasure of the subject, the artist renders the body visible in its most intimate aspects. Rather than revealing, Natacha Mercier suggests, offering us the possibility of passing through the veil of images of the body and its prohibitions. The works in the Vasistas? series aim to censor in order to better exhibit, to veil in order to more effectively undermine the censorship of the visible.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"767\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText by Jérôme Carrié, Exhibition Curator at CIAM, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Natacha Mercier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50736538124594,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/4869\/8160\/files\/3natacha-mercier-GRANDNUDESCENDANTL_ESCALIER-130x89cm-2014-variationNUSURUNESCALIER-richter.jpg?v=1765983969"},{"product_id":"lorigine-variation-lorigine-du-monde-by-courbet","title":"L'ORIGINE-Variation of L'ORIGINE DU MONDE by COURBET","description":"\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eAcrylic on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e18,1\" x 21.6\" in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e46 x 55 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePrice on request\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"764\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWhile Natacha Mercier’s work explicitly refers to the history of art, and in particular to the Western pictorial tradition, it does so in order to more effectively question the body in the digital age. Through techniques of partial erasure of the subject, the artist renders the body visible in its most intimate aspects. Rather than revealing, Natacha Mercier suggests, offering us the possibility of passing through the veil of images of the body and its prohibitions. The works in the Vasistas? series aim to censor in order to better exhibit, to veil in order to more effectively undermine the censorship of the visible.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"767\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText by Jérôme Carrié, Exhibition Curator at CIAM, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Natacha Mercier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50736539402546,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/4869\/8160\/files\/4natacha-mercier-LORIGINE-46x55cm-2014-variationORIGINEDUMONDE-courbet.jpg?v=1765984159"},{"product_id":"portrait-presume-variation-portrait-presume-de-gabrielle-d-estrees-by-anonymous","title":"PORTRAIT PRESUME - Variation of PORTRAIT PRESUME DE GABRIELLE D ESTREES by ANONYMOUS","description":"\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAutomotive Paint and Matte Varnish on Vertical Aluminum Traffic Sign\u003cbr data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"88\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoproduced by Le CIAM – La Fabrique, Toulouse (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e35,4\" x 51.1\" in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e90 x 130 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePrice on request\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"764\" data-start=\"132\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWhile Natacha Mercier’s work explicitly refers to the history of art, and in particular to the Western pictorial tradition, it does so in order to more effectively question the body in the digital age. Through techniques of partial erasure of the subject, the artist renders the body visible in its most intimate aspects. Rather than revealing, Natacha Mercier suggests, offering us the possibility of passing through the veil of images of the body and its prohibitions. The works in the Vasistas? series aim to censor in order to better exhibit, to veil in order to more effectively undermine the censorship of the visible.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"767\" data-start=\"764\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText by Jérôme Carrié, Exhibition Curator at CIAM, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Natacha Mercier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50736541466930,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/4869\/8160\/files\/7natacha-mercier-PORTRAITPRESUME-90x130cm-2016-variation-PORTRAITPRESUMEDEGABRIELLEDESTREES-inconnu.jpg?v=1765984413"},{"product_id":"sans-titre-2","title":"SANS TITRE - Variation of LA MAJA NUE by GOYA","description":"\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eAutomotive Paint and Matte Varnish on Vertical Aluminum Traffic Sign\u003cbr data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"88\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoproduced by Le CIAM – La Fabrique, Toulouse (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e51.1\" 20.5\" in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e35,4\" x 51.1\" in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e90 x 130 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePrice on request\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"764\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWhile Natacha Mercier’s work explicitly refers to the history of art, and in particular to the Western pictorial tradition, it does so in order to more effectively question the body in the digital age. Through techniques of partial erasure of the subject, the artist renders the body visible in its most intimate aspects. Rather than revealing, Natacha Mercier suggests, offering us the possibility of passing through the veil of images of the body and its prohibitions. The works in the Vasistas? series aim to censor in order to better exhibit, to veil in order to more effectively undermine the censorship of the visible.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"767\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText by Jérôme Carrié, Exhibition Curator at CIAM, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Natacha Mercier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50736543138098,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/4869\/8160\/files\/8natacha-mercier-SANSTITRE-90x130cm-2016-variation-LAMAJANUE-goya.jpg?v=1765984672"},{"product_id":"la-naissance-de-venus-variation-of-la-naissance-de-venus-by-cabanel","title":"LA NAISSANCE DE VENUS - Variation of LA NAISSANCE DE VENUS by CABANEL","description":"\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAutomotive Paint and Matte Varnish on Vertical Aluminum Traffic Sign\u003cbr data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"88\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoproduced by Le CIAM – La Fabrique, Toulouse (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e51.1\" 20.5\" in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e130 x 75 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePrice on request\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"764\" data-start=\"132\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWhile Natacha Mercier’s work explicitly refers to the history of art, and in particular to the Western pictorial tradition, it does so in order to more effectively question the body in the digital age. Through techniques of partial erasure of the subject, the artist renders the body visible in its most intimate aspects. Rather than revealing, Natacha Mercier suggests, offering us the possibility of passing through the veil of images of the body and its prohibitions. The works in the Vasistas? series aim to censor in order to better exhibit, to veil in order to more effectively undermine the censorship of the visible.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"767\" data-start=\"764\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText by Jérôme Carrié, Exhibition Curator at CIAM, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Natacha Mercier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50736546906418,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/4869\/8160\/files\/5natacha-mercier-LANAISSANCEDEVENUS-130x75cm-2016-variation-LANAISSANCEDEVENUS-Cabanel.jpg?v=1765984836"},{"product_id":"les-bas-blancs-variation-of-la-femme-aux-bas-blancs-by-courbet","title":"LES BAS BLANCS - Variation of LA FEMME AUX BAS BLANCS by COURBET","description":"\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAutomotive Paint and Matte Varnish on Vertical Aluminum Traffic Sign\u003cbr data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"88\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoproduced by Le CIAM – La Fabrique, Toulouse (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e51.1\" 20.5\" in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e37.4\" x 45.2\" in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e95 x 115 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePrice on request\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"764\" data-start=\"132\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWhile Natacha Mercier’s work explicitly refers to the history of art, and in particular to the Western pictorial tradition, it does so in order to more effectively question the body in the digital age. Through techniques of partial erasure of the subject, the artist renders the body visible in its most intimate aspects. Rather than revealing, Natacha Mercier suggests, offering us the possibility of passing through the veil of images of the body and its prohibitions. The works in the Vasistas? series aim to censor in order to better exhibit, to veil in order to more effectively undermine the censorship of the visible.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"767\" data-start=\"764\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText by Jérôme Carrié, Exhibition Curator at CIAM, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Natacha Mercier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50736548479282,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/4869\/8160\/files\/6natacha-mercier-LESBASBLANCS-95x115cm-2016-variation-LAFEMMEAUXBASBLANCS-courbet.jpg?v=1765985023"},{"product_id":"dejeuner-variation-dun-dejeuner-sur-lherbe-by-manet","title":"DEJEUNER - Variation of LE DEJEUNER SUR L'HERBE by MANET","description":"\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAutomotive Paint and Matte Varnish on Vertical Aluminum Traffic Sign\u003cbr data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"88\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCoproduced by Le CIAM – La Fabrique, Toulouse (France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e47.2\" x 47.2\" in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e120 x 120 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePrice on request\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"764\" data-start=\"132\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWhile Natacha Mercier’s work explicitly refers to the history of art, and in particular to the Western pictorial tradition, it does so in order to more effectively question the body in the digital age. Through techniques of partial erasure of the subject, the artist renders the body visible in its most intimate aspects. Rather than revealing, Natacha Mercier suggests, offering us the possibility of passing through the veil of images of the body and its prohibitions. 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