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The artist intends her work to draw in the viewer's gaze, to be compelling, and yet, through its enigmatic elements, to keep the viewer quietly unsettled and at a distance. Her work is undramatic, but intense, distanced, and deeply felt. A recipient of a Fulbright, Atria has exhibited at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo in Santiago, Chile. •Untitled, Plasticine, installation approximately 10 x 14", 2001 |
  
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| • MA11, Gouache Drawing, 18 x 24", 1998 • Untitled, Oil, Wax and Bristles on Paper, 9 x 12", 1997 • Untitled, Gouache and Pencil on Paper, 9 x 12", 1997 • Resume: Magdalena Atria |
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agdalena Atria's work is about longing and indifference, closeness and detachment, emotion and reserve. The images that inspire her work may be of concrete identifiable things such as a deer, a rabbit, an ear. Or they may be vague and undefined, freighted with meaning, but without a name. All of the images are related to the body and to embodied experiences such as touching, breathing, looking, holding, growing, hesitating. Influenced by the Renaissance artist's underpainting techniques, Atria employs rich green underpaint to give the feel of flesh to her art. Glazes are also employed giving the finished surface a visceral quality, adding to the context of the imagery.