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Natasha LelencoVivid Orange Migrant Portrait with Spanish Inscription on Coin About Memory2024
2024
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"Currency #216" by Natasha Lelenco features a vivid orange profile portrait of an anonymous figure rendered in acrylic on a 26 cm circular wooden panel. The figure is surrounded by the hand-painted inscription in Spanish: “Con un pie en el recuerdo y el otro aquí” (“With one foot in memory and the other here”). The composition draws attention to the psychological tension between past and present, a condition often experienced by migrants navigating between memory, belonging, and adaptation.
The surface of the portrait is delicately inscribed with ornamental marks and linear traces, creating a subtle interplay between the interior and the exterior of the figure—between private narrative and public image. Executed with intense chromatic contrast and a flat, iconic format, the work belongs to the ongoing Currencies series, which reimagines the format of the coin as a platform to reflect on displacement, symbolic worth, and identity politics.
Each piece in this series is assigned a variable price, not based on technical or material value, but determined arbitrarily as part of a conceptual exercise. This pricing gesture draws attention to the mechanisms of inequality through which lives are valued differently based on race, class, or nationality. The value written on the reverse of each coin is fixed and certified as a gesture of conceptual integrity.
Works from the Currencies series can be displayed individually or assembled as part of larger site-responsive installations. Their compact, circular format and cohesive visual language make them ideal for grid-based or salon-style compositions. The artist currently has over 50 pieces in stock and accepts commissions for custom panel arrangements and institutional-scale installations.
Collectors interested in acquiring several pieces or commissioning site-specific projects are welcome to contact us for more information and tailored offers.
As a conceptual extension, the artist offers collectors the option to exchange the certified value of the artist’s share for future works. Although more than 200 pieces have been acquired to date, no collector has opted to exercise this possibility—though the invitation remains open.
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- Creator:Natasha Lelenco (1982, Spanish, Moldovan)
- Creation Year:2024
- Dimensions:Height: 0.99 in (2.5 cm)Diameter: 10.24 in (26 cm)
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- Gallery Location:FISTERRA, ES
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2626214400322
Natasha Lelenco
Natasha Lelenco, born in Chișinău, Moldova in 1982, is a prominent Moldovan painter and contemporary artist who has been residing in Galicia, Spain, since 2008. She is especially known for her figurative work, particularly in the realm of portraiture. Holding a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Cluj-Napoca in Romania, her art has been featured in numerous international exhibitions and art fairs. Natasha Lelenco's art has been showcased across exhibitions in Spain, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Mexico, and beyond. Natasha Lelenco's approach is figurative, primarily centered on the human form, which she understands as an integral part of life rather than its core. Her themes encompass identity, self-awareness, and the role of chance in shaping the value of things and life itself. Her artistic journey has given rise to self-contained series where narrative and format harmonize, often springing from a playful interplay of repetition, color juxtapositions, deformations in pursuit of psychological realism, and a selective use of elements and resources available in her studio. A recurring motif in her work is the creation of panels, which, through repetitive use of representations, weave a narrative. The visual motif of repetition, especially in the portrayal of faces, represents a graphic fixation that captures a world characterized by seriality. To depict this, she frequently draws inspiration from popular art, advertising, and kitsch. The resulting imagery often strikes a tragicomic chord. She finds solace in project-based work, and virtually all her endeavors since dedicating herself professionally to artistic creation revolve around narratives materializing in pieces that often seek to function both collectively and independently.
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