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offmarket gallery

5/2/2025

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Wednesday, 5 Feb 2025
 
Olivier welcomed us to his cool pastel home-slash-gallery space where a small party had assembled after work. The most impressive architectural feature of this home is that is laid out  in a horse-shoe shape around a turquoise pool, and beautifully planted with a minimalist cactus garden. White, pale pink and baby blue walls have subtle curved features to reflect the owner's love of Memphis style. The day had been scorching hot, and so walking into such a home, with its constant glimpses of pool and gelato palette, felt at calming and soothing. Inside we discovered a thoughtful arrangement of drawings by Andrew Sayers and in another room, prints by Nathalie Du Pasquier.
 
Andrew Sayers AM (1957-2015), art historian, writer, Canberra, Melbourne, inaugural director of the national Portrait Gallery 1988-2010, an important art historian and writer, was a friend of Olivier and created elegant drawings over the years, only now gaining recognition as an artist in his own right since his passing in 2015. Olivier received a personally signed written letter from or Australian president John Howard congratulating him for presenting this exhibition and Olivier spoke of the emotional speech that he made at the opening event, the artist obviously dear friend and a significant part of his own personal collection. (offmarket gallery catalog, words by Olivier David, 2025)
 
Nathalie Du Pasquier b. 1957, is a Milan-based artist and designer mostly known for her work as a founding member of the Memphis Group. Her early body of work includes furniture, textiles, clothing designs and jewelry in addition to iconic work in decoration and patterns. Since 1987, she has consistently dedicated herself to painting. (Wikipedia) Many original pieces are on sale for extrememely reasonable prices, many less than $2,000, some framed, some unframed.
 
offmarketgallery.com.au
29 Airlie Street, Clarement, WA, 6010
0439 589 399

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