» Opening of ‘Self gazing’
My exhibition ‘Self gazing’ opened on Thursday night (17th April) at Camara Oscura in Madrid.
The publicity for the event was excellent; there has been coverage by El Pais, Yo Dona (in El Mundo), and I was interviewed by two TV channels - one, La 2 Noticias, which aired on Wednesday night (16th) on TVE2, and the other which will be Antena 3 at some point. As soon as I can find out how to show these interviews on the internet I will post the links in a blog entry, along with some candid pics and a bit of reflection on the experience.
The press coverage has served to bring my Flickr photostream an aggregation of 100,000 views in only three days, and my website views have quadrupled this week. On Wednesday, my feature in El Pais brought 3000 unique visitors to my site (the usual is an average of 400!)
However, each press feature has varying degrees of what some viewers have interestingly highlighted as a misrepresentation of my work. I’ll leave that to the individual to decide. I just find it very interesting how one’s interpretation of my images, the focus they put on detailing the ‘nudity’ and if indeed they emphasise the notion of ‘nudity’ (my strongest supporters/friends don’t seem to identify categories across my work according to the amount of clothing I wear) says more about that person, that journalist, than necessarily me. This can be applied to the work of any ‘artist’, female self portrait artists I think in particular. Perhaps.
Anyway, here are images from the evening! All images taken by my Mr Lovely. Thank him for the excellent shots!
Above: ‘Self-gazing!’
Above: excitement building..? or something!
Above: The visitors on the evening
Above: To my right - Teresa Lugo (from the gallery), and her friends
Above: Teresa again (on the right)
Above: By ‘The Chase’
Above: By ‘The deaths’ with a journalist from art mag LaPiz
Above: a viewer…
Above: Ligeia Scabbia (Eva) and Patricia Ossietta from Flickr! We all met for the first time that evening!
Above: me with Eva and Patricia!
Above: unruly bra strap. i signed two autographs - autographs! haha.
Above: looking on at Sea View…
Viewers by ‘Stretch’.
Above: poser shot by ‘South by southeast’ (my fave print of the exhib)
Above: Camara Oscura Director Juan Curto and journalist from LaPiz.
Above: wine, people, ‘Memoirs of a woman of leisure’
Above: Visitors
Above: and… had to share this funny random shot!
Thanks to all those who came along, and if you live in Madrid or are visiting, the exhibition is open until 31st May, so come and visit. Prints are available in editions of five and if you are interested get in touch with the gallery or myself to find out more. The exhibition has only been open a day and already has sold work. Pretty good going!
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April 19th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Congratulations! Looks like a swish evening… may it be the first of many.
April 19th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Hehe!! thanks.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Woooo congrats! Looks lovely and exciting! and thats great to hear youve sold work already too! Which one/s?!
April 19th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Your selfportraits are truely an inspiration to me. For school, I’m making a series of selfportraits and it’s hard to find photographers who have visiualised what’s in my head. That’s what you do (kind of). Thank you
April 19th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
It’s nice to see you with clothes on for a change! Haha!
You look deliciously classy in these shots, if you don’t mind me saying. It must be so thrilling seeing your work blown up to that size on the walls of a nice gallery like that.
In the “unruly bra strap” photo, you seem to have an unsightly “birthmark” on your right arm, which doesn’t appear in the other images. Is it just a weird shadow, or has Mr Lovely been punching you?
I really like the last shot. That man needs to do some “self gazing” instead of “Nat gazing”.
I’m so happy for you. I really am.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Muchas felicidades, soy de Madrid, no se si la visitaré, conozco tu trabajo desde hace mucho, visito con frecuencia tu supergalería, me encanta.
Insisto, te puedes sentir muy orgullosa, eres ya toda una artista
Un abrazo.
April 19th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Yipeee!!! I was thereee
Great photos by Matthew!!And we could see the famous camera hehehe. It was a fantastic evening and I was really happy to meet you all there!
lol at the last photo, really funny!!
xoxo
Eva
April 19th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
So amazing! Wish I could’ve been there to see the images in person (and so large!)
Congrats…attention well deserved!
April 19th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Congratulations
It looks like a real success.
Now come and exhibit over here!
thumbs up
April 19th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
Congratulations on such a well deserved exhibit.
It’s been such a pleasure following you on flickr.
Just having finished an exhibition myself, isn’t it a wonderful feeling seeing all the work blown up on the wall? So validating.
Best to you Aniela!
Ashley | Bottle Bell
April 19th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
many congrats on a good opening
April 20th, 2008 at 4:52 am
Hi. Just wanted to say well done and keep up the great work. Have been following you from the very early days on flickr and your images are consistently haunting and thought provoking.
props!
Aj
April 20th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Many many congratulations on your exhibition, which looks very good indeed - that is to say, it does you justice. If I get my ** to Madrid I’ll certainly have a look in. Many of the ‘inspirational Flickrites’ you refer to are in my feeds as well, but your style is unique and recognisable. What an adventure is has been so far - I’m glad I’ve been able to follow you from the very first photos you posted. Saludos!
April 20th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Congrats Natalie! And soooo cool that you met Patti and Eva :-))) Wish I could’ve been there…
April 20th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Congrats ! But your necklace disapears on certain shots… What went wrong with it ?
April 20th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Thanks all! xx
@ Lucy - some sales aren’t yet closed but I know that ‘Stretch’ has been sold :))
@ Arty - thank you very much.
Weird thing is, I have absolutely no idea what that red mark is! Maybe I was clutching my arm or something beforehand? I see it on other pics from the evening. Puzzling! I didn’t look so classy after al! ha.
@ El observante, Eveline, Elle Moss, Steffen, Pat, andypandy, Jan - thank you!
@ Eva - thanks! i will send you the pics x
@ Ashley - yes! although they did look quite small to me compared to the last exhibit which was in this gallery!
@ Sophie - thanks. yes they were lovely :))
@ Arnaud - ah that’s because the necklace-less shots were taken earlier in the day when i was in the gallery by myself with Matthew, waiting for a tv crew to turn up. I had a little pose round the gallery!
April 20th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
congratulations natalie!
it looks wonderful and congratulations on the sales. i’m also quite impressed by the framing - so simple and unobtrusive yet so rarely a style of framing thought of.
great to see that eva and patricia made it along to the opening
April 20th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
wooow!!! I’m so fascinated by your work…first I couldn’t believe they were your job.taught you were a model
but now…. your job is excellent… I adore every single of your works… tc
April 21st, 2008 at 2:40 am
With your permission and my gratefulness.
http://hispaniarum.blogspot.com/2008/04/una-mujer-y-un-libro.html
April 21st, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I don’t read a word of Spanish but http://blogs.periodistadigital.com/tecnologia.php/2008/04/16/miss-aniela-4598
has the headline Miss Aniela, una cuenta de Flickr y el mundo a sus pies which I think translates as “Miss Aniela, a cunt on Flickr, has all the world’s pies”.
April 21st, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Bienvenida a Madrid
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:42 am
Looks like it was an amazing show! The photos look incredible at those sizes on those white walls. Congrats to you from an old flickr buddy!
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Congratulations Natalie! Looks like a really successful exhibit. More to come I’m sure… you deserve all the recognition and success!
May 8th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
congrads! i wish i could have been there to meet you and see your work in person. i was in norway at the time of your opening. lovely to see your career taking off. peace, shannon
May 13th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Congrats
June 24th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Wow! Today I discovered your work through Flickr, it left me quite impressed. You are very good, not only with the technique, but also with the concept. I know it’s been a while since this exhibition, but congrats, anyway,
PS: I loved when you do essays with pictures and add text to express your views on something. It’s very posmodern!
June 25th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Thanks Fausto!
July 4th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Good Morning,
I really enjoy looking at you pictures. You are very talented. You remind me Lachapelle. Well done.
Freedom Beauty Truth & Love
July 21st, 2008 at 11:49 am
Wauw, looks very good ! Congrats !!