This abstract artwork features a vibrant and intricate composition dominated by shades of green, red, and black. The prominent shapes resemble organic forms, such as leaves, shells, and marine creatures, creating a surreal and fantastical underwater scene. The artist employs a distinctive style characterized by bold brushstrokes and a palette of vivid, almost neon-like colors, suggesting a surrealist or expressionist approach. This piece likely reflects the artist's fascination with the natural world and their desire to reimagine it through a unique, visually captivating lens. ...
Orsola Zane reflects on states of psychological tension through oil painting and ceramic sculpture. Her imagery conveys a lingering unease, featuring murky tones, vacant gazes, sharp objects, and uncanny creatures that disturb precisely because they inhabit familiar, domestic spaces. Exploring themes of isolation, anxiety, loss of identity, and emotional paralysis, Zane captures the suspended moment before rupture—the instant before a violent or self-destructive act. Her practice avoids resolution, instead preserving the quiet terror of anticipation. Drawing on diverse references, including Catholic iconography, family photographs, rave culture, and children’s television, her figures are stripped of individuality and remain suspended between sacred and profane, threatening and threatened. They occupy a liminal space where meaning feels fragile and unstable. Material choices reinforce these emotional and conceptual tensions: glossy, artificial finishes reflect fictionalized projections of the self, while matte, earthy surfaces emerge in rawer, more intrusive moments. Across her work, Zane resists therapeutic clarity, focusing instead on the inner friction between the urge to harm and the desire to care, between the need to be seen and the fear of exposure. ...
DES BAINS is a contemporary art gallery based in London, founded by Maria Valeria Biondo and Elisa Rossetto. The gallery collaborates closely with artists, theorists, and writers whose work explores the intersection of personal and collective experiences within today’s complex social and political landscapes. Rooted in a collaborative research methodology, DES BAINS focuses on themes such as psychogeography, the politics of human movement, borders, land, and belonging. The gallery is dedicated to promoting emerging and underrepresented artists, fostering critical discourse and expanding contemporary art ecologies.
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