Settimia Taroux | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography

Combining abstraction and figuration, Settimia's style embodies the subtle, sensitive encounter between painting and textiles. In her studio, it all begins with a search for everyday or recycled fabrics, mainly women's tights. Like a second skin on the canvas, the artist plays with transparency and combines new nuances and textures by superimposing successive layers of acrylic and fiber. Her inspirations are varied, ranging from Leonardo da Vinci to 19th-century full-length portraits and Baroque vanitas. She also admires the work of Annette Messager, Sheila Hicks and support/surface artists such as Lucio Fontana. In her works, which combine a seductive harmony of color with the carnal aspect of stitching, Settimia evokes the human condition and our relationship with the body, which is as fascinating as it is poisonous.