Nathalie Du Pasquier – So Many Real Things

Conceived as a studio notebook, this book brings together a series of compositions by Nathalie Du Pasquier, created directly on the floor of her studio in Milan. Everyday objects, drawings, books, photographs—each composition is made up of carefully chosen elements, like fragments of an intimate language. These visual arrangements, both precise and instinctive, reveal her way of combining forms and colours, of creating dialogues between things, in a balance specific to her pictorial practice. They offer a rare glimpse into her world—an off-screen view of her work.

Each image is accompanied by a short text written by the artist. With a tone that is unmistakably hers—humorous, poetic, direct—these texts reveal the stories, resonances, memories or coincidences that link the elements together. This back-and-forth between image and writing gradually forms a subtle self-portrait, like a Chinese portrait.