The Birthday Party - Laurent Mauvignier do-it-yourself and theorizing

and theorizing

Published on the occasion of Nathalie Du Pasquier’s solo show at MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome

and the creative process

The appendix includes a complete scholarly bibliography

moreHis rigorous geometric compositions of verticals and horizontals and strident palette of essential colors were important to numerous Bauhaus masters

The Birthday Party - Laurent Mauvignier do-it-yourself and theorizingBuried deep in rural France, little remains of the isolated hamlet of the Three Lone Girls, save a few houses and a curiously assembled quartet: Patrice Bergogne, inheritor of his familys farm; his wife, Marion; their daughter, Ida; and their neighbour, Christine, an artist. While Patrice plans a surprise for his wifes fortieth birthday, inexplicable events start to disrupt the hamlets quiet existence: anonymous, menacing letters, an unfamiliar car