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2025
Smoke and oil on canvas
120 x 90 cm | 47.2 x 35.4 in.
USD 3,000
Miguel Hernández Bastos employs a unique technique in his artworks, using pencil, charcoal, acrylic paint, and the unconventional medium of smoke from an oil lamp, which burns onto the canvas like pigment. This distinctive approach allows him to explore themes of metamorphosis and the fleeting essence of the human form, while also incorporating historical symbolism associated with the candle in Renaissance portraiture.
Danza de la Vida is an elegant figurative painting with intertwined figures stretched upward in motion, their bodies painted with smoke and oil in tones of silver, amber, and soft rose. The composition feels suspended between tension and release, with the material application reinforcing a sense of energetic physicality.
Hernández Bastos often integrates mechanical elements into his compositions, as his figures seem to float and merge across the canvas, imbuing his works with a futuristic quality. Despite this, he balances historical symbolism with themes of eroticism, tenderness, and isolation, creating a multi-dimensional narrative.
Predominantly working in black and white, the artist occasionally introduces subtle hints of colour over the smoke, adding layers of depth to his figures and enhancing their presence on the canvas.
Framing not included. Shipping: This artwork will be rolled for shipment.
Brown, Grey, white
USD 2,000 – 5,000
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