Natasha Shalina. CABINET, MY CABINET Automatic translate

The exhibition project consists of the installation “Once upon a time”, a series of paintings “Girls. Old photo ”,“ Cages ”installations,“ Chest ”object.

From the author
Time and human life leave an imprint on the interior items that surround us. Old objects have their own history, their smell, their color. And they leave certain sensations when a person touches them. Memory eats into an object, an object becomes a conductor of memory, gradually collapsing, losing its owner. Interior items collected in the flea markets of the world went through reconstruction. Minimal interference with the structure of objects, a loving and reverent attitude to every centimeter of space during painting fills old household items with a new life, preserving the old breath.

roll two wooden balls in the palm of your hand
the third lost a man in a car with eyes covered from the sun,
sour smell of sandalwood on the fingers,
a drafts swing the pendulum at the watch, forgotten how to wake up in the morning,
the dial has forgotten the rattle of the hands in a circle,
I’ll buy a key from an old woman in an empty market,
I’ll set up a staircase with creaky steps,
I will open the door of the walnut tree
cobweb, dried fly, perfume bottle with faded label,
a tram ticket that has long been rusted in an abandoned depot,
the crepe de chine dress will closely hug the body,
gloves tighten wrists
the hat coquettishly covers half of the face,
a waltz will spin around the living room, scattering scraps of letters,
dried wildflowers from musty summer houses,
black and white memories stuck in heavy cabinets
smelling of mothballs and time,
the ball will fall to the floor, banging against the parquet
rolls far beneath a sofa with ragged armrests.

Natasha Shalina

about the author

Natasha Shalina was born in Krasnoyarsk in 1966. She graduated from the Krasnoyarsk Art College. V.I. Surikova, Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafieva. Since 1987, lives and works in St. Petersburg. From 1990 to the present - Artistic Director of the Natasha / Lisa Shalina Art Studio. Member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists of Russia. Member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia. Member of the woodcutting studio German Pashtov at the Russian Academy of Arts “Ural, Siberia, Far East”. Graphic artist, painter, designer, book illustrator, installer, poet. Author and curator of Russian and international exhibitions. The author of charity workshops and actions in support of sick children.
The participant of more than 100 personal and collective international, Russian, city exhibitions.

The works are in the funds:
Krasnoyarsk Art Museum. IN AND. Surikova
Omsk Art Museum. M.A. Vrubel
Vyatka Art Museum. Vasnetsovs
Bashkir Art Museum. M.V. Nesterova
South Sakhalin Museum of Art
Museum of Nonconformism, Pushkinskaya-10, St. Petersburg
Harbin Museum of Russian Art, China
Museum of Contemporary Art ART-Penza, Penza
Museum of Contemporary Art Zurab Tsereteli, Moscow
Krasnoyarsk regional branch of the Union of Artists of Russia
Omsk regional branch of the Union of Artists of Russia
Vsevolod Meyerhold House Museum, Penza
Museum "Vyborg Castle", Vyborg
In galleries and private collections in Germany, Canada, Italy, Latvia, Ukraine, USA, France, Russia.