Pascal Tassini - CRÉAHM RÉGION WALLONNE, BELGIum

Pascal Tassini (Ans, 1955) spent time at the Créahm workshops for more than twenty years, from 1966 to 2018. He developed an extraordinarily rich polymorphous style – drawings, paintings, terra cotta sculptures and bunches of knotted material for which he is now famous, relentlessly cobbling together shapes, substances, existence. Among the many creations of Pascal Tassini: a cabin, emblem of his work. Built in the studio where he works, la Cabane is particularly important in the artist's creative process. It is made up of the very material that has given Pascal Tassini’s work its specificity – and reputation: recycled materials intertwined with each other using textile pieces knotted together. Placed in the heart of the workshop, la Cabane offers refuge to Tassini; it is the place where he is allowed to create and which houses completed works. It is so emblematic of his work that in 2017, when he exhibited at the Christian Berst Gallery in Paris, Pascal Tassini constantly revisited a large photographic reproduction of this extraordinary architectural achievement. La Cabane not only occupies a central place in the artist's work, but also represents a major piece in recent art history.