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NATALIE FRANK The Stammerer

NATALIE FRANK
The Stammerer
2007
Oil on canvas
56 by 80 in. 142.2 by 203.2 cm

NATALIE FRANK Portrait

NATALIE FRANK
Portrait
2007
Oil on canvas
18 by 16 in. 45.7 by 40.6 cm

NATALIE FRANK Return/Reveal

NATALIE FRANK
Return/Reveal
2007
Oil on canvas
108 by 108 in. 274.3 by 274.3 cm.

NATALIE FRANK Robert

NATALIE FRANK
Robert
2007
Oil on canvas
20 by 18 in.

NATALIE FRANK Ryan and Jeremy

NATALIE FRANK
Ryan and Jeremy
2007
Oil on canvas
56 1/2 by 72 in. 143.5 by 182.9 cm.

NATALIE FRANK Scherzo

NATALIE FRANK
Scherzo
2007
Oil on canvas
70 by 56 in. 177.8 by 142.2 cm.

NATALIE FRANK Where She Stops

NATALIE FRANK
Where She Stops
2007
Oil on canvas
80 by 130 in. 203.2 by 330.2 cm.

NATALIE FRANK The Danger and the Punishments Grew Greater

NATALIE FRANK
The Danger and the Punishments Grew Greater
2007
Oil on canvas
108 by 108 in. 274.3 by 274.3 cm.

NATALIE FRANK Portrait

NATALIE FRANK
Portrait
2007
Oil on canvas
56 by 34 1/2 in. 142.2 by 87.6 cm.

Press Release

Mitchell-Innes & Nash announces an exhibition of new paintings by Natalie Frank, on view in the Chelsea gallery from September 7 - October 13. The exhibition will include several large-scale, multi-figure contemporary history paintings, as well as portraits and domestic scenes. Natalie Frank’s paintings explore relationships of power as they function within issues of identity, sexuality, religion, and history. The personal, political, and theatrical collide in her representations of the beautiful and the grotesque. Frank’s paintings are peopled by figures of the in-between -- characters ill-defined by gender and sexuality, reality and fantasy, presence and absence. Her life-sized figures assume a variety of roles, both allegorical and highly personal, which recur throughout the paintings. Blurring the lines between the perverse and the everyday, Frank’s paintings engage the viewer as a complicit voyeur into their strange reality. New York-based painter Natalie Frank was born in Austin Texas in 1980. She earned an M.F.A. in visual arts at Columbia University’s School of the Arts in 2006 and holds a B.A. in studio art from Yale University. In 2003-2004, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for study at the National Academy of Fine Art in Oslo, Norway. In 1997 and 1999, Frank attended the Slade School in London, and in 2001 the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. This will be Frank’s first solo exhibition at Mitchell-Innes & Nash. She has been included in various group exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad, including “Aggression of Beauty” at Arndt and Partner in Berlin this spring. Natalie Frank is represented by Mitchell-Innes & Nash. Listing Information: Mitchell-Innes & Nash Chelsea: 534 West 26th Street T: (212) 744-7400 www.miandn.com Opening reception: Friday, September 7, 6 - 8 pm Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat, 10am – 6pm Press Contact: Stacy Bolton Communications T: 212.721.5350 E: Emily@StacyBolton.com