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..fine selection of her (Natalia Rosenbaum) latest paintings and watercolours. Known for atmospheric and fragmental compositions, her oeuvre focus largely on the human figure, but aside from this she also offers a range of interesting landscapes and self-portraits.

Most of her recent paintings have a purposefully ‘unfinished’ and ethereal look, as if they were still ‘under construction’. Rather than precise photographic representations of her subjects, her paintings tend to take a more fluid form, somewhere between matter and air and made of apparently quick brushstrokes. The results are at times dark and dense images, at other times colourful and light, but always engaging and imaginative.

Natasha Rosenbaum’s work perfectly illustrates the relevance of contemporary Russian painting and embodies its significant role in the current European context. Her use of volatile colours suggests many art historical predecessors, including Velasquez, Degas and Modigliani, among others, but her works are highly original.

Natasha says of painting “…excites and calms, resolves questions and instills confidence, activates all levels of the conscious - and perhaps the subconscious too”.

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