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作品
Paolo Salvador
Salvaje, 2023Painting - Oil on linen170 x 150 cm (67 x 59 in)
Framed Dimensions: 173 x 153 x 6 cm (68 x 60 x 2 in)Further images
Dominated by a deep red background, this artwork is singular within Salvador’s chromatic repertoire, where red remains a rare color. The palette of the background evokes the work of Francis...Dominated by a deep red background, this artwork is singular within Salvador’s chromatic repertoire, where red remains a rare color. The palette of the background evokes the work of Francis Bacon, one of Salvador’s many inspirations that encompass Andean cosmology, the great masters of Western painting, and postmodern philosophy. This painting depicts a human figure with long white hair, riding a two-headed beast. While two pairs of eyes gaze toward a distant horizon, beyond the limits of the canvas, the third face—a spectral silhouette emanating from the creature—confronts the viewer. Constructed through different overlapping and intertwining expanses of red, a singular ecosystem of color emerges, as the background seems to radiate as much as it absorbs the viewer’s gaze. As for the figures, they are characterized by fluid and dynamic brushstrokes, conveying an incandescent vital force.