Worst Enemy, 2025
Painting : mixed media · 20 x 30 x 2 cm 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch · Ready to hang
CHF 2,100
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Painting : Unique artwork
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Artwork sold in perfect condition, framed, ready to hang
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Hand-signed by artist
Technique & Support
mixed media on board
Dimensions ( cm • inch )
20 x 30 x 2 cm 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch Height x Width x Depth
Artwork dimensions including frame
26 x 31 x 5 cm 10.2 x 12.2 x 2 inch
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"Worst Enemy" develops the second act of Eugenio Montoro Aybar's conceptual narrative, dedicated to the underbelly of Tokyo's neighborhoods and the exploration of urban violence. The canvas captures a narrow urban alley marked by characteristically dense construction: peeling façades, exterior air-conditioning units, security grilles, and a chaotic web of electrical cables.
The composition is dominated by aggressive, bright-red spray graffiti—"WORST ENEMY"—which sets an uneasy, uncompromising tone across the entire space. This glaring tag resonates with heavy splatters and drips of carmine blood across the door, façades, and sidewalk, as well as with a directional arrow and the road marking "SCENE OF THE CRIME TOKYO". The juxtaposition of traditional signs featuring kanji characters and raw street art evokes a multilayered, saturated city where aesthetic allure and hidden danger coexist indivisibly.
The visual tension is heightened by the bespoke framing: a deep shadow-box frame lined with a silky fabric bearing a traditional Japanese floral and botanical pattern. This direct clash between refined decorative heritage and the brutality of street reality exposes the core thesis of the project—the vulnerability of the individual in the face of the nocturnal metropolis's latent threats.
The haiku
Neon mist,
The night writes its wound
In carmine ink.
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Eugenio Montoro Aybar (born 1974 in Granada, Spain, where he currently resides and works) is a distinguished visual artist, researcher, and educator holding a PhD in Fine Arts from the University of Granada, specializing in pictorial techniques and artistic procedures. Throughout his established career, he has combined rigorous academic research and fine art painting with the direction of monumental mural projects and heritage conservation initiatives on both national and international stages.
Among his prominent monumental achievements is the direction and coordination of the mural and decorative paintings for the full-scale replica of the Alhambra of Granada at the Al-Yamamah Royal Palace in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), commissioned by King Fahd bin Abdulaziz. In Spain, he has led prestigious ecclesiastical restorations, including the monumental high altars of the Basilica of Saint Michael the Archangel and the Basilica of Saint Andrew in Granada, as well as the mural decorations of the Basilica of Lillo in Toledo.
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