Identity in still life, 2025
Natalya Mougenot

Painting : acrylic

100 x 70 x 0.1 cm 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$2,418 2 418 $US

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Dimensions cm inch

100 x 70 x 0.1 cm 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch Height x Width x Depth

Framing

Not framed


Tags

Portrait

Still Life

figurative

Colors

Expressionism

Women

Handbag

Green

Pink

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Artwork location: France

Vibrant and thought-provoking, “Identity in Still Life" by contemporary French artist Natalya Mougenot is a colorful figurative painting that explores the modern woman's relationship with identity, emotion, and the intimate objects of everyday life. Blending expressionist color and metamodern sensitivity, this work captures the tension between outer appearance and inner truth — a theme central to Mougenot's ongoing exploration of authenticity in art.

In this composition, a faceless woman stands before a mirror beside a small table holding a handbag and a vase. The bright pink, turquoise, and golden tones evoke a sense of joyful immediacy, yet the absence of facial features invites deeper introspection. The painting becomes both a portrait and a still life, a poetic question about what defines us — the reflection we see, or the world of symbols we build around ourselves.

This artwork marks a new direction in Natalya Mougenot's practice, where the human figure merges with the language of still life. The artist transforms domestic, everyday scenes into emotional mirrors, where color carries psychological meaning and form becomes a vessel for self-reflection.

Her style shows the influence of Henri Matisse, Paul Gauguin, and David Hockney. From Matisse, she draws the expressive power of pure color and the harmony of interiors; from Gauguin, the search for emotion beyond realism; and from Hockney — whose exhibition she visited at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris in 2025 — she inherits the fascination with personal space, narrative composition, and the vibrant geometry of modern life.

Mougenot's work is deeply connected to metamodernism, an artistic movement that oscillates between irony and sincerity, emotion and analysis. In “Identity in Still Life," this balance is palpable — the image is playful yet introspective, colorful yet profound. It reflects our current cultural moment, where people seek meaning and truth within a world saturated by images.

As Natalya Mougenot explains: “I believe authenticity is what art lacks most today. We play roles, we curate appearances, but art must remain a space where truth still exists."

“Identity in Still Life" thus becomes a visual manifesto of authenticity, inviting viewers to see themselves not through perfection, but through honesty, presence, and emotional depth — the core of Natalya Mougenot's artistic philosophy.

About the piece:

Medium: Acrylic on heavyweight professional acid-free paper, varnished for protection
The piece is sold unframed, but as it is a standard size, you should have no difficulty finding a suitable frame to complement it.
Signed on the front and back
Certificate of Authenticity included
International delivery from France: shipped flat

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Natalya Mougenot, Identity in still life
France  • 1981

Presentation

Natalya is a contemporary  french artist living in Lyon.  

She was born and grew up in Kazakhstan, the country known for its spacious steppes.  

She arrived in France 2003. Since that moment she loves her adoptive country.

She started painting in 2017 and used it as a therapeutic and emotional release during times of crisis. She incorporates this therapeutic approach in her artistic creative process till now.

In her artistic practice she refers to the terms of metamodernism,  which proposes to look at the world from the position of the inner adult.  

As an artist and as a woman  she translates the experience of her personal search for balance based on harmony between mind, soul and body. This balance, in her opinion,  is the pillar for the inner adult.  

Important components of her work are authenticity, soulfulness, sincerity, emotionality and honesty. She immerses the objects and the characters in the world where there is no falsity, rudeness, loneliness and indifference.

She works  rapidly  and is constantly sensitive  to the details.  

Her artistic process is a fine balance between a pre-meditation and spontantainty which helps her to create her expressive atmospheric artworks with a modern touch of impressionism by cultivating a naive art approach.

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