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Café de la Paix (2023)Acrylic painting by Luis López Cabán
105 x 145 x 1.5cm (unframed) / 105 x 145cm (actual image size)
£3,486.8
Original artwork description
Café de la Paix, 2023
In Café de la Paix, or Peace Café, I explore the quiet moment in which everyday reality opens into something more reflective and symbolic. The painting shows a solitary figure seated at a small café table, absorbed in reading. What appears at first to be an ordinary newspaper slowly transforms into a white dove, as if the act of reading itself were dissolving into flight. Through this image, I wanted to suggest how the mundane can suddenly shift into something transcendental when seen through a different lens.
The figure’s face is partially hidden beneath a hat, allowing him to remain anonymous and introspective. He could be anyone, a writer, a thinker, or simply someone suspended in a private moment of contemplation. His classic attire, together with the ritual of coffee and cigarette, evokes the timeless atmosphere of European cafés—spaces historically connected to conversation, literature, and reflection.
Several subtle elements introduce symbolic tension within the scene. The cigarette ash falling lightly onto the table suggests the fleeting nature of time, while the dove evokes freedom, peace, and the possibility of transcendence. The ashtray itself becomes a small labyrinth, a metaphor for the human condition, the complex paths we navigate in search of meaning within the routines of daily life.
Through this painting, I wanted to suggest that beneath the surface of ordinary gestures lies the possibility of transformation. A quiet moment at a café table can become a meditation on perception, existence, and the fragile boundary between the material world and the search for something beyond it.
Artist note:
The artwork offered here is a unique original painting created by me in 2023 in Hamburg.
My paintings are part of private collections in Berlin, San Juan, Los Angeles, Dallas, Paris, Buenos Aires, Singapore, Bogotá, New York, Michigan and Madrid.
Please note that the perception of colors may vary slightly depending on individual monitor settings.
If you have any questions about my work or would like additional photos or videos with more detailed views of the painting, I would be happy to provide them. Please feel free to contact me.
SHIPPING DETAILS
◾ This painting will be carefully packed with the utmost attention and shipped free of charge, rolled in a strong protective cardboard tube to ensure safe international transportation. The artwork will be sent via UPS with tracking and is expected to arrive within approximately 4–7 days, depending on the destination country.
◾ Rolled canvas works can easily be stretched onto wooden stretcher bars and/or framed by a professional framer upon arrival.
◾ The artwork is signed by the artist.
◾ Please note that the artwork is not externally framed. The canvas is shipped rolled for safer international transport and can be professionally stretched or framed once received.
◾ Buyers are responsible for any import duties, customs fees, or local taxes that may apply depending on the regulations of the destination country.
◾ Returns are accepted within 14 days of delivery. In the event of a return, the buyer is responsible for the return shipping costs, and the artwork must be returned in its original condition and packaging.
◾ If you have any questions regarding shipping, packaging, or the artwork itself, please feel free to contact me. I will be happy to assist you.
Materials used:
Acrylic on canvas
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 105 x 145 x 1.5cm (unframed) / 105 x 145cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#books#paris#peace#dove#coffee table#coffee#cigarette#newspaper#paris cafe#emerging artists
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Original artwork description
Café de la Paix, 2023
In Café de la Paix, or Peace Café, I explore the quiet moment in which everyday reality opens into something more reflective and symbolic. The painting shows a solitary figure seated at a small café table, absorbed in reading. What appears at first to be an ordinary newspaper slowly transforms into a white dove, as if the act of reading itself were dissolving into flight. Through this image, I wanted to suggest how the mundane can suddenly shift into something transcendental when seen through a different lens.
The figure’s face is partially hidden beneath a hat, allowing him to remain anonymous and introspective. He could be anyone, a writer, a thinker, or simply someone suspended in a private moment of contemplation. His classic attire, together with the ritual of coffee and cigarette, evokes the timeless atmosphere of European cafés—spaces historically connected to conversation, literature, and reflection.
Several subtle elements introduce symbolic tension within the scene. The cigarette ash falling lightly onto the table suggests the fleeting nature of time, while the dove evokes freedom, peace, and the possibility of transcendence. The ashtray itself becomes a small labyrinth, a metaphor for the human condition, the complex paths we navigate in search of meaning within the routines of daily life.
Through this painting, I wanted to suggest that beneath the surface of ordinary gestures lies the possibility of transformation. A quiet moment at a café table can become a meditation on perception, existence, and the fragile boundary between the material world and the search for something beyond it.
Artist note:
The artwork offered here is a unique original painting created by me in 2023 in Hamburg.
My paintings are part of private collections in Berlin, San Juan, Los Angeles, Dallas, Paris, Buenos Aires, Singapore, Bogotá, New York, Michigan and Madrid.
Please note that the perception of colors may vary slightly depending on individual monitor settings.
If you have any questions about my work or would like additional photos or videos with more detailed views of the painting, I would be happy to provide them. Please feel free to contact me.
SHIPPING DETAILS
◾ This painting will be carefully packed with the utmost attention and shipped free of charge, rolled in a strong protective cardboard tube to ensure safe international transportation. The artwork will be sent via UPS with tracking and is expected to arrive within approximately 4–7 days, depending on the destination country.
◾ Rolled canvas works can easily be stretched onto wooden stretcher bars and/or framed by a professional framer upon arrival.
◾ The artwork is signed by the artist.
◾ Please note that the artwork is not externally framed. The canvas is shipped rolled for safer international transport and can be professionally stretched or framed once received.
◾ Buyers are responsible for any import duties, customs fees, or local taxes that may apply depending on the regulations of the destination country.
◾ Returns are accepted within 14 days of delivery. In the event of a return, the buyer is responsible for the return shipping costs, and the artwork must be returned in its original condition and packaging.
◾ If you have any questions regarding shipping, packaging, or the artwork itself, please feel free to contact me. I will be happy to assist you.
Materials used:
Acrylic on canvas
Details:
- Acrylic painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 105 x 145 x 1.5cm (unframed) / 105 x 145cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#books#paris#peace#dove#coffee table#coffee#cigarette#newspaper#paris cafe#emerging artists