Nathanaëlle Herbelin, Exhibition, Musée d’Orsay: 12 March-30 June 2024

A constant visitor to the Musée d’Orsay’s collections since childhood, the Franco-Israeli artist Nathanaëlle Herb Elin has been invited to put her canvases and sources of inspiration into perspective. An admirer of the Nabis, she presents  contemporary versions of  their favourite subjects – daily life, interiors and intimacy.

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The presentation of her work at the Musée d’Orsay is very much in line with one of the focuses of the museum’s cultural project, which consists of extending “Orsay’s polyphony” to less classical artistic figures, in this case by presenting an emerging artist who has already won considerable critical praise.

Her meteoric career since she graduated from the Paris School of Fine Arts less than 10 years ago provides an opportunity to highlight the Musée d’Orsay’s interest in artists attending the school that is its neighbour.

The exhibition  shows how the artist delicately follows the path of the Nabis. Although the artist's subtle brushstrokes, chromatic palette, and preferred motifs may remind us of  Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, or Félix Vallotton, :  elements of modern life (cellphones and electronic power cables)  and the way she brings present-day issues into these compositions bring us back to contemporary reality.

Hence, the intimacy of the maternal body at her toilette may present the model in the act of depilating, or the whole genre is called into question by the transposition of a male sitter naked in the bathtub; another canvas even presents an intimate scene centred on female pleasure, or a couple depicted in the bedroom are illuminated by the midnight blue light of a portable computer set on the knees of a figure sitting up in bed.

Nathanaëlle Herbelin (1989) Emmanuelle et Efi, 2024 © Courtesy de l'artiste et de la Galerie Jousse Entreprise/ Photo : Objets pointus/ © Adagp, Paris, 2024
Nathanaëlle Herbelin (1989) Emmanuelle et Efi, 2024 © Courtesy de l'artiste et de la Galerie Jousse Entreprise/ Photo : Objets pointus/ © Adagp, Paris, 2024

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