I have been sitting on any kind of comments about this artist for quite sometime. It's not that she is not good, which she is, but I had to find a way to really look at her work in a critical way.
First I feel compelled to talk about her technical achievements which are substantial. In her site she has her older work (something that most artists including myself do not do.). Work from years ago and they were technically simple and even folksy but with a valley punk girl sensibility. I appreciate her early work in its balls to the wall attitude. Over the years her punk girl concept has evolved both technically and conceptually which brings me to her Hooker Dreamscapes series.
Gone is the crude teenage punk attitude in this series only to be replaced with soft surreal sensitivity. Do not get me wrong, I love the punk in her and it is by no means gone at all. In fact it is celebrated with such a soft touch I found myself weeping in its longing as trite as it sounds. Pieces like Sugar Rush, Patty Cake, and Pizza Party illustrate my point. Only because of habit I am trying to see a negative perspective in her work both technically and conceptually but I find myself more willing to celebrate her achievements and waiting to see what she will do next.
Link to her work. Natalia Fabia
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