Cristian Mesa Velazquez - Rendición a la Luz

Rendición a la Luz Oil on canvas · 66 x 84.5 cm · 2026 The face looks upward, toward the brightness filtering from the surface, with an almost total surrender: there is no tension in the jaw or resistance in the neck, the entire gesture leans toward the light like someone who stops swimming and simply lets themselves be carried. The sunglasses —round, with light frames, sisters of the ones that appear in Double Filter— once again function as a secondary filter over the water’s filter, darkening the eyes exactly at the point where the rest of the face opens more to the light. The color works at two simultaneous temperatures: the face and neck in cold turquoise, almost mineral, while the shoulders receive a much warmer light —ochres, oranges, golds— that interrupts that chill with the sensation of sun directly on the skin. Around it, the bubbles are painted with short, precise touches of pure white, more dispersed and finer than in pieces like Exhalation, reinforcing calm here rather than turbulence. It is, within the pair it forms with Double Filter, the calmer version: where that one worked toward the contained restlessness in a nearly theatrical gesture, this one leans toward abandonment and calm — two different ways of using the same visual resource. Technique: oil on canvas Measures: 66 x 84.5 cm Artwork 100% handmade by the artist Includes certificate of authenticity Shipped un-stretched for maximum transport security A valid tracking number is provided to monitor the order’s journey and it typically takes 2-7 days depending on the destination by UPS, FEDEX, and CORREOS EXPRESS The colors of the painting may differ slightly from the photos due to screen settings. My artworks are packed with the utmost care in a transport tube for maximum protection, and are shipped registered with a tracking code within 3 business days after payment. Check the contents in the presence of the courier. In case of damages, keep the damage report for the courier. Studies 2013- Secondary level in Visual Arts. Professional Academy of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba. Selected group exhibitions (selection) 2010. Nicolás Guillén Iconographic Salon. UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba 2010. Exhibition “Vástagos”. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2011. Martian Salon. Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2011. Exhibition “Lithographs”. UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2011. Exhibition “Final Integral Exercise”. Professional Academy of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2012. Martian Salon. Huellas Cultural Center, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2012. Exhibition “La Víspera”. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2013. Salon “Guernica”. AHS, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2013. Salon “Plasticity in April”. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2013. Collective Expo “Art, a Social Image”. Provincial Center of Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2016. First Salon of Visual Arts. Guáimaro Art Gallery, Camagüey. Cuba. 2016. Collective Expo, Aires de Cubanía. Casa del Alba cultural, Havana. Cuba. 2017. Third Edition of the Salon of Visual Arts, Guáimaro, Camagüey. Cuba. 2017. Collective Expo, One of a Hundred, Rita Longa Sculpture Workshop Gallery. Las Tunas. Cuba. 2017. Review of the itinerant collective expo, Aires de Cubanía, Ibero-American and Caribbean Review “Arte por Excelencias” Year VII/No.32/2017/Quarterly. Page: 18. 2018. Salon “Plasticity in April” Provincial Center of the Visual Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2019. Collective Miniature Expo “Painting, Noble Lady of the Spirit” Ciego de Ávila. Cuba. 2019. Collective Expo “Osmosis” AHS, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2020. Homage Expo to Anette Delgado, Havana. Cuba. 2020 International Art Fair LUXEMBOURG 2020 2020 International Fair City of Lights Paris 2020 2021 International Art Fair GERMANY 2021 2021 International Fine Arts Fair France 2021

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