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Natasha Lelenco
Leafy and Worms Head Portrait on Orange Background – Acrylic on Framed Canvas

2021

About the Item

“Flowers and Worms” (2021) is a botanical portrait painting from the Fetiches series by Moldovan-born artist Natasha Lelenco. Executed in acrylic on canvas and set within an integrated, hand-painted frame, this original artwork features a human silhouette composed entirely of leaves, flowers, and organic textures. The deep greens and earthy tones of the figure contrast with a flat, saturated orange background, emphasizing the symbolic layering of natural memory over human form. The piece embodies a synthesis between human identity and ecological imagery, anchoring the psychological within the vegetal. Part of Lelenco’s foundational Fetiches collection—first produced in 2021—this work explores how memory, objects, and emotional traces find new life in botanical expression. The portrait eschews facial features, instead allowing nature to overwrite identity. The carefully rendered floral elements include garden blossoms and creeping worms, invoking both growth and decomposition, presence and disappearance. The work draws conceptual influence from Arcimboldo’s anthropomorphic compositions, updated with a contemporary sensibility rooted in biofilia and visual irony. The series treats memories and their symbolic objects as living fetishes, reshaped through vegetal language and painterly invention. Each painting becomes a totem of biographical fragments—playful, surreal, and emotionally resonant. “Flowers and Worms” invites the viewer to reflect on the porous boundary between the self and the environment, between individual story and collective mythology. Dimensions: 53,5 x 43,5 cm Medium: Acrylic on canvas with hand-painted wood frame (included) Year: 2021 Style: Contemporary Figurative, Botanical Portraiture Framing: Integrated painted wood frame by the artist This piece is one of the last remaining from the original Fetiches series created in 2021.
  • Creator:
    Natasha Lelenco (1982, Spanish, Moldovan)
  • Creation Year:
    2021
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 21.07 in (53.5 cm)Width: 17.13 in (43.5 cm)Depth: 1.58 in (4 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    FISTERRA, ES
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: Ancerstors1stDibs: LU2626216285482

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