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Concept

Natalia Pravdina is an artist who experiments with different techniques and source materials to create her works. Her images range from abstract to representational; they often contain literal or indirect references. Despite all the possible similarities, Natalia encourages a more open reading of her work, warning that: "We have the ability to read things, to read everything in what we understand. The purity of color and its interaction with the canvas shows the quiet revelation that I try to convey in my works. I can't talk about my painting because it's impossible to talk about painting. Words are just words, a formalized definition of something. As I immerse myself in the process, I never know where it will meet me. I can control it, sometimes it overwhelms me... Perhaps after all this, the picture will live on for a very long time. Or it will be a flash of bright light. My work is a big flash for me, but it often torments me and won't let go. My thoughts are often confused when I'm working, and at the same time I find peace in my work. I want the viewer to become complicit and interpret what I see, letting my art into their inner world."