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Natasha LelencoLGBTQ+ Migrant Statement Portrait in Red Tones. Currency #220, Circular Painting2024
2024
About the Item
This circular portrait painting by Natasha Lelenco belongs to the Currencies series and centers on themes of gender identity, migration, and queer resilience. Rendered in striking crimson tones against a copper-brown backdrop, the figure’s profile emerges with clarity and confidence. The Spanish inscription that frames the portrait reads: "Poder ser yo sin tapujos", which translates into English as "To be myself without concealment."
The piece was inspired by the testimony of a migrant who fled their country due to repression related to their sexual orientation. Unlike narratives of economic migration, this statement foregrounds the urgency of fleeing to preserve one’s right to live authentically. The work echoes the spirit of Pride Month by affirming the role of migration as an act of self-liberation and visibility. It functions as both portrait and manifesto — a symbolic coin that claims space for queer identity beyond borders and shame.
About the Series
The Currencies series transforms portraits into symbolic monetary units that interrogate systems of value and identity. Each painting features a circular format, inscribed with phrases in the sitter’s language that reflect personal histories of displacement, otherness, and social inequality. The inscriptions work as socio-poetic statements, asserting presence in a world that often renders marginalized identities invisible.
Two conceptual layers define the series: first, the slight variations in price between works highlight the arbitrary nature of assigned value based on ethnicity, origin, or condition. Second, each piece acts as a future exchangeable unit. Collectors may redeem the nominal value of the work for a new piece by the artist at her studio in Galicia, positioning the artwork as a literal and symbolic form of alternative currency.
Installation and Custom Projects
Each piece is produced on a treated pine wood circle, 26 cm in diameter and 2 cm thick. Works are intended to function autonomously or as part of larger, modular configurations. Casa das Peritas accepts exclusive commissions for multi-panel installations tailored to architectural spaces or thematic needs. Please contact us for personalized proposals.
Technical Details
Material: Treated pine wood
Format: Circular panel
Technique: Acrylic on wood
Dimensions: 26 cm diameter
Thickness: 2 cm
Year: 2024
- 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: LU2626214515752
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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