natalie arnoldi: 34 degrees north
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Nye + Brown is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by Natalie Arnoldi titled 34 Degrees North. Referring to her LA roots as well as global positioning, Arnoldi is the daughter of another California native, famed artist Charles Arnoldi. Los Angeles and its proximity to the ocean has been the driving force behind Arnoldi’s artistic and academic practice.TRANSCRIPT
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Nye + Brown is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by Natalie Arnoldi titled
34 Degrees North. Referring to her LA roots as well as global positioning, Arnoldi is
the daughter of another California native, famed artist Charles Arnoldi. Los Angeles
and its proximity to the ocean has been the driving force behind Arnoldi’s artistic and
academic practice.
Concurrently pursuing a M.S. and B.S. in ocean science and marine biology at Stanford
University, Natalie has found a synergy in painting and biology: two endeavors that
might appear counter intuitive. Instead, each has given Arnoldi a unique and enriched
perspective into the other. As a scientist, Arnoldi is trying to make sense of things in
the natural world we do not understand. As an artist, she visualizes the inexplicable.
Arnoldi says, “Both processes, science and art, are a form of exploration, at once (both)
highly emotional and analytical, but always inquisitive. The methods might be different,
but the goal is the same—seeking truth in the most authentic way I know how.”
The images in Arnoldi’s paintings form a visual alphabet of her life. Like a dream that
fades in wakefulness, her paintings stand on the precipice of consciousness. They walk
the line between the abstract and the fi gurative, willing the psychological effects am-
biguous of representation.
Natalie Arnoldi was born in Venice, California in 1990. Her work has been included in
The Lords and the New Creatures, the inaugural exhibition of Nye + Brown, as well as
Swell: Art 1950-2010 at Metro Pictures, Nyehaus and Friedrich Petzel Gallery in New
York. She lives and works in Palo Alto, Venice and Malibu.
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Schizoid, 2012Oil on canvas65 x 55 inches
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Helix, 2012Oil on canvas55 x 65 inches
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Retro, 2012Oil on canvas75 x 63 inches
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Innkeeper, 2012Oil on linen14 x 30 inches
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Selfridge, 2012Oil on canvas27 x 31 inches
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Wildlife, 2012Oil on canvas84 x 72 inches
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Portshead, 2012Oil on canvas32 x 30 inches
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Grasswood, 2012Oil on canvas67 x 49 inches
2685 South La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034
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nyeplusbrown.com—
In conjunction withNatalie Arnoldi:
34 Degrees NorthOctober 23, 2012
—Design by Kyle LaMar
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