Within the intimacy of the Salon, DS Galerie presents Aparté #2, continuing the exploration initiated around the work of Peter Marcasiano (1921–1984). Following the group exhibition “My Onion Canvases are Ballet ——————————— The other canvases are also Ballet”, his paintings are revealed here in a new display, extending their presence within a more condensed, almost domestic setting, and renewing their dialogue with the furniture by Noir Métal.
Settled in Paris in the late 1960s, Marcasiano painted for around fifteen years, until his death in 1984, a body of works that never left his apartment in the 18th arrondissement. Still lifes with recurring motifs—onions, fish, flowers—are treated in a restrained palette, applied in thin, almost translucent layers. From this economy of means emerges a silent yet insistent presence, nourished by repetition, where each variation seems to contain the echo of the others.
Peter Marcasiano’s works continue here to engage in dialogue with those of Noir Métal, a duo founded in Brussels in 2020 by Nicolas Bourthoumieux and Julien Dumond. Their pieces—easels, furniture, or lighting—do not merely support the works: they accompany and extend them, while asserting their own autonomy. Shaped with particular attention to materials and to the detours of production, they introduce into the space a singular grammar, both raw and precise.
In this new Aparté, the Salon becomes a space of resonance where painting and furniture share a common origin: that of the domestic space, of extended time, and of a persistent attention to the simplest forms. Together, they compose a discreet yet dense environment, where the works reveal themselves in their slowness and proximity, inviting a more intimate and attentive way of looking.

Text by | Thomas Havet