Memories of Warmer Times by Natalia Gonzalez Martin
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My practice has been primarily concerned with matter and the need of humanity to preserve it from the decay of time. Throughout the creation of fictitious organic and archaeological-like objects and their arbitrary classification, my work questions the precariousness of the established value given to objects.
An analysis of the longstanding tension between objects and society is made based on the observation of historic artefacts essentially on a physical level which are then reinterpreted erasing any symbolic value off them. The final product becomes distorted until the primal source is almost unrecognizable. Questions of ownership and collecting become palpable in my practice.
Due to their abstracted quality the attention is dragged from the object displayed to the action of displaying, the act of confinement dictates the nature of the object as a passive being. This need to systematically classify and categorise the work generates an examination on the culture of collecting, whose incongruence is highlighted by the organic quality of the final product. The isolated creations lack of context, which consequently erases any hierarchy between them, due to this, different layers of time and space merge together loading the work with historical, cultural and iconographic references that might necessitate deciphering.
Born in Spain, Natalia finished her BA in Fine Art from City & Guilds of London Art School in 2017 with First class results and a prize for her final dissertation. On November 2017, Natalia founded Subsidiary Projects. Natalia’s work has been included in several international exhibitions including YICCA 2018 (Milan) and Lynn Painter-Stainers (London).
Natalia Gonzalez Martin
Biography:
Biography
Born in Spain, Natalia finished her BA in Fine Art from City & Guilds of London Art School in 2017 with First class results and a prize for her final dissertation. On November 2017, Natalia founded Subsidiary Projects. Natalia’s work has been included in several international exhibitions including YICCA 2018 (Milan) and Lynn Painter-Stainers (London).
Alongside her practice, Natalia has founded an art platform called Subsidiary Projects, for artist and curators to test new ideas.
Artist Statement
My practice has been primarily concerned with matter and the need of humanity to preserve it from the decay of time. Throughout the creation of fictitious organic and archaeological-like objects and their arbitrary classification, my work questions the precariousness of the established value given to objects
An analysis of the longstanding tension between objects and society is made based on the observation of historic artefacts essentially on a physical level which are then reinterpreted erasing any symbolic value off them. The final product becomes distorted until the primal source is almost unrecognizable. Questions of ownership and collecting become palpable in my practice.
Due to their abstracted quality, the attention is dragged from the object displayed to the action of displaying, the act of confinement dictates the nature of the object as a passive being. This need to systematically classify and categorise the work generates an examination on the culture of collecting, whose incongruence is highlighted by the organic quality of the final product. The isolated creations lack of context, which consequently erases any hierarchy between them, due to this, different layers of time and space merge together loading the work with historical, cultural and iconographic references that might necessitate deciphering.'
