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Nerea Caos
Round Neo Expressionist Abstract Skull Painting Contemporary Spanish Oil tondo

2022

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Round Neo Expressionist Abstract Skull Painting Contemporary Spanish Oil on Canvas Tondo Format Artist: Nerea Caos (b. 1993) Title: Halloween Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 2022 Signature: Signed verso Condition: Excellent condition Frame: Unframed Dimensions: Diameter 40 cm (15.75 in) DESCRIPTION Expressive circular composition titled Halloween, painted in 2022 by Spanish contemporary artist Nerea Caos. Executed in oil on canvas in a rare tondo format, the work presents an intense gestural face oscillating between mask, skull and fragmented portrait presence. The layered brushwork and chromatic tension between pink, black and acid tonalities create a psychologically charged surface characteristic of contemporary neo-expressionist figuration. The circular structure reinforces the symbolic and introspective nature of the image, transforming the figure into an archetypal presence suspended between abstraction and identity. ARTIST BIO Nerea Caos (Ferrol, 1993) is a Spanish contemporary artist based in Sitges whose work explores the intersection between psychoanalysis, performance and expressive painting. Her practice investigates the fragmentation of the human figure and the emergence of unconscious imagery through gestural mark-making and layered color structures. Influenced by both Mediterranean light and psychological narrative traditions, her paintings develop a visual language positioned between figurative expressionism and abstract emotional construction. ARTISTIC CONTEXT / INSPIRATION The expressive treatment of the face in this work connects with the legacy of European and American neo-expressionist painting developed by artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Georg Baselitz and Julian Schnabel, while the psychological intensity of the image also resonates with earlier portrait distortions explored by Francis Bacon and Jean Dubuffet. The circular composition reinforces its symbolic presence and recalls the archetypal figure tradition present in modern expressionist painting associated with artists such as Karel Appel and Asger Jorn within the CoBrA movement. The combination of gestural immediacy and subconscious imagery situates the work within the broader lineage of contemporary expressionist figurative abstraction. neo expressionist painting round painting tondo contemporary spanish painting skull expressionist painting gestural portrait painting psychological abstract face basquiat influence painting cobra movement influence modern expressionist artwork circular canvas painting collector emerging artist contemporary european expressionism
  • Creator:
    Nerea Caos (1993, Spanish)
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 15.75 in (40 cm)Diameter: 15.75 in (40 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Sitges, ES
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1155211543232