Bringing together ancient and contemporary worlds, mythic stories with popular culture and subtle imprints of her own personal experience, A change (would do you good) is a solo exhibition of new works by Natalia González Martín that present the enduring power and symbolism of mythology. Through a reading and re-imagination of Ovid’s Metamorphoses — the epic narrative poem that brings together over 250 myths of Greek and Roman origin — González Martín uses its tales of transformation to explore universal subjects of mutability, love, passion and power. Celebrating the beauty and subtly with which myths represent deeper truths about ourselves and society, these works simultaneously call to attention and subvert the myriad ways in which mythology has been used to establish and uphold patriarchal narratives about the limits of female desire, creativity and freedom.Featuring twenty-two new oil paintings, A change (would do you good), is on view at London’s Hannah Barry Gallery until June 25th.
We Lovers Fear Everything, 2022 Oil on wood 84h x 60w cm
Nothing Kept Its Form (Lemon), 2022 Oil on wood 21h x 14w cm
Nothing Kept Its Form (Redcurrant), 2022 Oil on wood 21h x 14w cm
One Day This Pain Will Be Useful To You, 2022 Oil on wood 21h x 14w cm
Nothing Kept Its Form (Grapes), 2022 Oil on wood 21h x 14w cm
Editor’s Pick: Natalia González Martín
Terrifying Delight, 2022 Oil on wood
21h x 14w cm
Bringing together ancient and contemporary worlds, mythic stories with popular culture and subtle imprints of her own personal experience, A change (would do you good) is a solo exhibition of new works by Natalia González Martín that present the enduring power and symbolism of mythology. Through a reading and re-imagination of Ovid’s Metamorphoses — the epic narrative poem that brings together over 250 myths of Greek and Roman origin — González Martín uses its tales of transformation to explore universal subjects of mutability, love, passion and power. Celebrating the beauty and subtly with which myths represent deeper truths about ourselves and society, these works simultaneously call to attention and subvert the myriad ways in which mythology has been used to establish and uphold patriarchal narratives about the limits of female desire, creativity and freedom. Featuring twenty-two new oil paintings, A change (would do you good), is on view at London’s Hannah Barry Gallery until June 25th.
We Lovers Fear Everything, 2022 Oil on wood
84h x 60w cm
Nothing Kept Its Form (Lemon), 2022 Oil on wood
21h x 14w cm
Nothing Kept Its Form (Redcurrant), 2022 Oil on wood
21h x 14w cm
One Day This Pain Will Be Useful To You, 2022 Oil on wood
21h x 14w cm
Nothing Kept Its Form (Grapes), 2022 Oil on wood
21h x 14w cm
“A change (would do you good)” by Natalia González Martín. Courtesy the artist and Hannah Barry Gallery. © Hannah Barry Gallery. Photography by Elliott Mickleburgh.