"Blue velvet and stars" Painting
Painting, Oil on Canvas
17.7 W x 23.6 H in
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his piece is part of a series inspired by the mystical philosophy of Angelus Silesius, exploring the profound relationship between the small and the vast—how immensity can be contained within seemingly simple, finite forms. The composition features a radiant central point, glowing with an intense re...
Year Created:
2025
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Mediums:
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Rarity:
One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:
17.7 W x 23.6 H x 0.4 D in
Ready to Hang:
No
Frame:
Not Framed
Authenticity:
Certificate is Included
Packaging:
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Outdoor Safe:
No
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Colombia.
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Shipments from Colombia may experience delays due to country's regulations for exporting valuable artworks.
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Juan Esteban Bolívar Barrera is a Colombian painter whose work explores suspended moments where the human figure, symbolic imagery, and art history converge. Working primarily in oil on canvas, he constructs layered pictorial spaces that oscillate between intimacy and allegory.
Influenced by medieval manuscript imagery, Spanish Baroque painting, and contemporary artists such as Neo Rauch and Justin Mortimer, his paintings reflect on themes of alienated labor, mortality, memory, and contemplation. Light and atmosphere function as central narrative elements, shaping scenes that are melancholic, enigmatic, and psychologically charged.
His ongoing project Vitae integrates painting, drawing, and video to examine the tensions between stillness, time, and the experience of modern life.
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