GRIMM is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of Rosalind Nashashibi's Verso II (2021) by the Carré d'art, Nîmes (FR). This is the fourth acquisition of the artist's work by the museum. The acquisition was made on the occasion of the artist’s solo exhibition at the museum, titled Monogram.
Rosalind Nashashibi's paintings evoke real or dreamlike spaces where people or animals may appear, often sharing the picture plane with signs and apparitions. "Verso II" features the sign of the cross, a symbol of religious and secular importance. According to Nashashibi, "most of the paintings I’ve done have incorporated my curiosity about signs - whether it’s the cross or the frame, or more baroque." Nashashibi is interested in the monogram, those recognisable yet enigmatic emblems that combine several letters in a single design. Monograms can represent a person, an entity or a group, or even a signature. They also have a magical dimension. For Nashashibi, a monogram is a distilled unit of identity that holds its own mythos or glamour, and a sign is a concentration of power and meaning.
Exhibition History:
Darkness and Rest, GRIMM, New York, NY (US), 10 December - 15 January, 2022
Monogram, Carré d'art, Nîmes (FR), 14 October, 2022 - 26 March, 2023
