Curatorial note
“A work you do not just look at: you inhabit it. Every piece at LEMORA is chosen for its ability to hold the gaze over time.”
Lot 55924
Arturo Lemus Beltrán
The origin breaks through
- Medium
- Aceite sobre lienzo
- Dimensions
- 90 x 60 cm
- Framing
- Unframed · Custom framing on request
- Description
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Arturo Lemus Beltrán
Oil on canvas
90 x 60 cm
In An Origin Breaks Through, we are presented with a work that marks a profound and deliberate turning point within the artist's body of work. Far from passive contemplation, this oil on canvas stands as a visual manifesto, an atypical and courageous exploration that delves into the shadows inherent to the human condition. It is a piece that transcends traditional aesthetic narrative to propose an uncomfortable, intimate, and absolutely necessary dialogue about our nature as a species.
The work functions as an ontological mirror. By exploring the darkest and rawest side of our existence, the painting does not seek nihilism, but rather the awakening of a critical consciousness. The artist manages to unsettle that unexplored inner area of the viewer, that space where humanity finds itself alone with itself, stripped of artifices. Through a meticulous technique, the canvas reveals the psychological burden of our generational footprint, confronting us with the inescapable ethical and moral responsibility we assume before the world we have inherited.
Acquisition value
$ 37,800.00
