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Nicolas Party<\/a>\u2019s last major NY solo show alluded to the devastating effects of climate change with a huge mural of a raging forest fire; imagery of dead fish in his current exhibition at Karma<\/a> again suggests a relationship of precarity with the natural world.\u00a0 Inspired by Renoir\u2019s still life paintings of fish and Goya\u2019s tonally darker paintings of the same subject matter (both created during wartime), Party presents a small oil on copper painting and a 14-foot-high mural featuring a pile of fish, a symbol of mortality more stark for its isolation at the center of the artwork.\u00a0 The shift in scale from the show\u2019s diminutive oil on copper paintings to the vast wall piece unsubtly directs viewers back to a feeling of thought-provoking unease that pervades Party\u2019s practice. (On view in Chelsea through Feb 14th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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Nicolas Party, Dead Fish, soft pastel on wall, 173 x 206 inches, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nicolas Party\u2019s last major NY solo show alluded to the devastating effects of climate change with a huge mural of a raging forest fire; imagery of dead fish in his current exhibition at Karma again suggests a relationship of precarity with the natural world.\u00a0 Inspired by Renoir\u2019s still life paintings of fish and Goya\u2019s tonally … <\/p>\n

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