Lisboa International Contemporary Exhibition 23 - Official catalog

Agif tedpainter,inthepurestsense,Natáliahasskillfu llycreatedabodyofworkthatis
simultaneouslyly ricalandmysterious,jub ilantyetpoetic.Employingthes e paradoxes,
sheskillfu llyappliesherrawtalentint odifferentmediumsandstylescr e a tingasenseof
flux,depthanddominance.
Natália's work takes elementa lima ges ,fromnatureandthe land s cap e tocultureand
ind iv id ualssheencountersonhertrav els ,andtrans formsus in gdramaticployssuchas
contrastsinscale,shiftsinfocus, mirroredreflections,staccatoimages ,andmultipleor
lay eredsurfaces.
Sensory perceptionfor Natália is a sp iritual activity, one that lead s to a heightened
awarenessofbothnatureandculture—this thoughtprocesspointsto anewkindof
realism—onethatisenga gedwiththeac tualprocessesoflife.Yet,italsoreferencesthe
theoreticalavant-gardeconceptionsofdeconstructionemergingduringModernism.

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