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Natalya Critchley

http://www.natalyacritchley.com
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Natalya Critchley was featured in Contemporary Art Society's ARTfutures 2007 at Bloomberg SPACE, London.

Born in England, Critchley has, since 1981, been based in Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, an industrial city on the confluence of the Orinoco and Caroni rivers. There Critchley has developed a body of work based on this monumental industrial park and the ever-growing city.

"These paintings are from a series begun in 2004 and continuing to the present day. The common theme running through this group is that they all begin as rubbings taken from my 'alphabet of symbols' cut-out in rubber and arranged into compositions on the floor.

These outlines of fantastic landscapes or sceneries are embellished and enlivened with colour and textures fed by my love of Persian art and textiles as well as the work of many artists that have been important references for me from Paul Klee to Philip Guston, Matisse to David Hockney."

- Natalya Critchley, 2009

• ARTfutures 2007

  7th March — 12th March 2007
  Bloomberg Space 50 Finsbury Square London EC2A 1HD