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Original artwork description:
In The Descent of Desire (2023), Igor Galan stages a surreal encounter charged with tension and ambiguity. A distorted head extends a serpent-like tongue toward a fragmented female figure, pale and incomplete, her body resembling a broken sculpture. She lies on stairs descending into darkness, caught between a fragile beam of light and shadow.
Traces of blood mark the wall behind her, turning desire into something predatory and violent. The painting balances dreamlike silence with visceral unease, recalling the metaphysical disquiet of de Chirico and the psychological intensity of Francis Bacon.
The work speaks to the complexity of suppressed longing, where instinct pulls the body into fragmentation and descent.
Materials used:
Oil
Tags:
#francis bacon #de chirico #figurative surrealism #psychological art #oil figurative #dark surrealism #erotic symbolism #surreal desire #fragmented body #violent imageryThe Descent of Desire (2023) Oil painting
by Igor GALAN
£2,332.8
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 46 x 58 x 2cm (unframed)
- Ready to hang
- Signed certificate of authenticity
- Style: Surrealistic
- Subject: People and portraits
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Original artwork description
In The Descent of Desire (2023), Igor Galan stages a surreal encounter charged with tension and ambiguity. A distorted head extends a serpent-like tongue toward a fragmented female figure, pale and incomplete, her body resembling a broken sculpture. She lies on stairs descending into darkness, caught between a fragile beam of light and shadow.
Traces of blood mark the wall behind her, turning desire into something predatory and violent. The painting balances dreamlike silence with visceral unease, recalling the metaphysical disquiet of de Chirico and the psychological intensity of Francis Bacon.
The work speaks to the complexity of suppressed longing, where instinct pulls the body into fragmentation and descent.
Materials used:
Oil
Tags:
#francis bacon #de chirico #figurative surrealism #psychological art #oil figurative #dark surrealism #erotic symbolism #surreal desire #fragmented body #violent imagery
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