By María Ugarte
Dominican Republic Correspondant.
Tiempos del Mundo
Tiempos del Mundo
In
the search for something original and different, Natalia Conde, sure of
herself, has created, is creating and will probably continue to create
over the canvas a universe of creatures full of rhythm and mystery, some
inspired in feelings or in ideas; others, in turbulent happenings, in
catastrophes, in tremendous and absurd experiences.
For
this dominican painter, the art, the paint, is not a means of life nor a
function, instead, it is the necessity to give free rein to her
fantasies, to her open temper; to completely overturn in the invention
of those round and at the same time, indecisive beings, that impetuously
pass through her paintbrushes to, once captured on the cloth, convert
them into her participants in dialogues, jesters and mischievous beings
on occasions, frequently serious and stem, but always innermost. The
accentuated volume that she accomplishes in her works imprints
sculptoristic value to the forms and adds strength to her paintings of
intense and sober tones, sometimes monochromatic, in which the shadows
and lights harmoniously combine or struggle to destroy one another.
Let
nobody look for neither sensibilities nor feminine primeness in Natalia
Conde's art. Instead, have them try to guess her creating uneasiness
and her constant desire to discover, in the middle of the illuminated
obscurity, the human being with his great defects and his great virtues;
with his joys and sorrows; with his successes and failures. Because
between volumes and roundnesses she looks to accomplish in her works
that anguished synthesis capable of revealing, in a bold trait, in a
confusing figure, in daring curves, the hidden beauty that she does not
want to let escape. Natalia Conde is very passionate of her art; its
irredeemable slave. And with her dominating and delightful optimism,
before the virgin painting that will serve as support of her dreams, of
her hopes, and of her inspiration. It does not matter that her
characters are tragic, that her themes are somber, that the forms result
enigmatic and imprecise. Because the artist will continue her task with
decision, with joy, with an optimistic vision of life.
Singular
contrast that of Natalia Conde: a creator capable of capturing on
lines, colors, and voluminous death scenes, anguishes and tragedies, and
that, at the same time, as a human being, she is open, vivacious, and
optimistic.
In
the paintings that she presents today in this her second individual
exposition the good observer can acknowledge the unbendable personality
of this young Dominican artist.
By María Ugarte Art Critic / Tiempos del Mundo
Thurs 24 of July 2003. Art y culture. Page 49.
