Nadia Ayari
Selma Feriani, London and Tunis
In Nadia Ayari’s distinctive paintings, spiky, space-age blooms based on Tunisian jasmines and lip-like leaves float against saturated 1980s hues. Only on closer inspection does the artist’s use of impasto become apparent – her meticulous and layered brushwork gives the canvases a tactile, velvety effect. Stylized flowers dangle from tubular geometric stems, suggesting landing craft approaching terminal velocity. Collapsing figuration and abstraction, these floral motifs evoke a survival drive that is necessarily multispecies and posthuman.
