Portrait #2. From the Portraits series
Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
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Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,659
Painting - 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$4,995
Photography - 170 x 140 x 0.5 cm Photography - 66.9 x 55.1 x 0.2 inch
$15,540
Painting - 78 x 106 x 1 cm Painting - 30.7 x 41.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,221
Painting - 76.2 x 57.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 22.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,530
Fine Art Drawings - 90 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,776
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$9,990
Print - 45 x 65 x 1 cm Print - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$832
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$9,879
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,552
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,775
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$12,210
Print - 73 x 53 x 1 cm Print - 28.7 x 20.9 x 0.4 inch
$999
Photography - 42 x 30 x 8 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
$1,544
Print - 98 x 93.5 x 3 cm Print - 38.6 x 36.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,165
Fine Art Drawings - 160 x 160 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 63 x 1.6 inch
$31,079
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$8,363
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$7,992
Fine Art Drawings - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,054
Painting - 146 x 110 x 0.5 cm Painting - 57.5 x 43.3 x 0.2 inch
$988
Painting - 80 x 80 x 10 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 3.9 inch
$1,776
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$1,665
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$222
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$943
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$888
Fine Art Drawings - 19 x 13.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.5 x 5.3 inch
$377
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 20 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$721
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 22.9 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 9 inch
$150
Sculpture - 39 x 27 x 5.5 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 10.6 x 2.2 inch
$2,316
Print - 116 x 81 x 1 cm Print - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch
$777
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$269
Fine Art Drawings - 64 x 46 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.2 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,054
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,998
Painting - 33 x 48 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13 x 18.9 x 1 inch
$2,500
Painting - 33 x 48 x 2.5 cm Painting - 13 x 18.9 x 1 inch
$2,500
Painting - 9.9 x 15 x 0.3 cm Painting - 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
$500
Painting - 9.9 x 15 x 0.3 cm Painting - 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
$500
Painting - 9.9 x 15 x 0.3 cm Painting - 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
$500
Painting - 24 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9.45 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,900
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Painting - 30 x 20.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 8.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$6,660
Painting - 48 x 33 x 0.3 cm Painting - 18.9 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Painting - 24 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9.45 x 35 x 1 inch
$2,300
The unpredictability of human behavior is fodder for Abstract Expressionism. Sudden movement, brief glances and impermanent facial expressions defy the strict laws of realism, so how about a shift away from it? Portraiture may be described as still, posed and an effective rendering of the human form in the subject of figurative art. But the human can also be dynamic and in a state of motion, impossible to portray during sittings. By moving away from realism and using light, color, shapes and mixed media, abstract art creates movement on the canvas itself echoing the dynamism of the figure - the subject of abstract portraiture. Abstract artists such as Theo van Doesburg and his 1915 work Abstract Portrait uses blocks of color and shapes to carve out what we recognize to be a figure. But the figure is deconstructed and seems to move and shift on the canvas. Expecting to see a face, the viewer uses their eye to put the portrait back together and find the figure in the work. Today, Shay Mess combines female faces with nature to create portraits that are floral, saturated with color and draw the viewer in. Whilst Mario Henrique focuses on the dynamism of the human form depicting dancers and the fleeting nature of the human body.