Description

Title: Recto
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 30 x 30 inches
Price: $1000

Description:
Recto is a bold acrylic on canvas piece that serves as a sequel to Recto Verso, distilling its chaotic duality into a singular, visceral moment. This 30×30 inch square painting centers on a lone, fragmented hand—no longer grasping or restraining, but suspended mid-air, pulsing with tension and unresolved energy.

Rendered in angular black-and-white patterns, the hand is laced with eye-like symbols that evoke surveillance, trauma, and memory. Set against a vivid red backdrop, the image radiates urgency, rage, and psychological intensity. The absence of the head once held in Recto Verso turns the hand into a ghost of past control—haunted, isolated, and unresolved.

Surrounding smears of white paint appear as brief moments of release or breath, yet remain tightly bordered—confined, as if the emotional violence of the red threatens to overwhelm the edges.

Unlike its predecessor, Recto doesn’t offer shifting perspectives. It presents one striking truth: the lasting imprint of psychological impact. Ideal for collectors of powerful, symbolic, and emotionally resonant contemporary art.