The main theme of my oeuvre is studying feelings through painting.

Despite the traditional and even slightly banal nature of the object of interest -- female nudes, flowers and landscapes -- the results inhabit a new space with a rarefied atmosphere, where the fragment lays claim to the whole, while the empty spaces and pauses are structured in such a way that they simultaneously fulfil the role of environment and inner object.

The environment and object enjoy a close relationship, overflowing into one another. Following these interactions is like reading a thriller. Often completely static, at least in subject, the composition is filled with great inner dynamism, a contrast that evokes agitation. I achieve this by clashing the movements of the masses of dark and light patches, employing diverse framing devices, several forms of caesura and hierarchy on all levels (which does not prevent the hierarchy from constantly developing), a never-ending quest for new colour schemes and spot-on supplementary colours.

I freely handle both watercolour and oil paints, occasionally mixing everything in an explosive cocktail. The anatomy and the academic nature of the drawing are placed in brackets. The main hero of the exhibition is the emotions -- restrained and tense, tempestuous and eccentric, yet always extremely impulsive.

Nervous lines, torn patches, a constant play of light and shade and strict subordination to rhythm and module. The different textures, frenzied brushstrokes, clear aspiration towards. Minimalism and unexpectedly changing palettes provide the sympathetic viewer with an unpredictable wealth of impressions.

Translated by Kennet McInnes

 

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education

selected awards/honors

selected publications

Natalia Rosenbaum, 40-pages album, Tabula Rasa, Saint-Petersburg, 2003
LIBRO ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO IMAGEN Y CRÍTICA, Cordoba, 2006-2007
currentshow.natrosenbaum,the Lightgallery, London, 2006
4th Biennale Internazionale Arte Contemporanea Firenze, Florence, Italy, 2003

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Figures 1-12 February, 2006, LightGallery, London, United Kingdom
Formula 4-23 July 2006, Central House of the Artist, Moscow, Russia
Mini-Femines in Pictures, Open Society of Cats 1 3-10 March 2004, St Petersburg State Museum of Sculpture

selected group shows

Days of Saint-Petersburg, Fair 2006 Nancy, France, 2006
Blau, Muro, Mallorca-Spain, 2006
Art Index catalogue presentation, Museum of Ethnography, St Petersburg
Traditions and Modernity: Eighty-Fifth Anniversary of the Founding of the First Trade Union of Artists in Petrograd, Manège Central Exhibition Hall, St Petersburg, 2003