En el AbismoInquire about availability
- Year
- 2017
- Technique
- Oil/Canvas
- Dimensions
- 80 × 100 cm
- Status
- Inquire about availability
Curatorial analysis
Curatorial analysis
A mass of clouds glowing in vermilion and coppery shadows dominates the atmosphere, as if the entire sky had caught fire following an eruption or a violent twilight. In the upper right corner, a golden radiance suggests a distant solar glare, yet the true tension gathers in the foreground: upon the uneven, stony ledge of a precipice, a naked female body crouches, clinging to the rock with an open palm and taut fingertips.
The axis of the figure traces a downward diagonal that balances the surrounding turbulent draft. Her dark hair, swept toward the left in fine, undulating strands, renders visible a gust of wind that would otherwise remain merely implied. The anatomy is constructed with near-sculptural rigor, where lateral light carves out the vertebrae, the flank, and the curve of the thighs through meticulous tonal transitions, creating a dense volume that instantly contrasts with the gaseous, formless quality of the backdrop.
This tension between the solidity of flesh and the menacing vastness of the air places the scene in a psychological rather than a geographical territory. Her tilted head, with eyes closed or cast downward into the invisible void outside the frame, shuns outright panic. Her posture holds a contained resistance, capturing the exact moment when the fragility of skin confronts the blind fury of the elements.
The lower boundary of the canvas, cut off into impenetrable shadow, leaves the depth of the drop in suspense. The painting does not resolve whether the figure is on the verge of losing her balance or has just found upon that rock the only possible anchor, suspended between vertigo and the most primal instinct of endurance.
More works by Mario Rojas Kolomiets
10 works
Available works
- Atardecer del TiempoMario Rojas Kolomiets · 2021
- Tragicomedia del AmorMario Rojas Kolomiets · 2021
- Miedo ColonialMario Rojas Kolomiets · 2021
- La jaulaMario Rojas Kolomiets · 2017
- El capitalismo es antisocialMario Rojas Kolomiets · 2016
- Tiempos LíquidosMario Rojas Kolomiets · 2011
Inquire about availability
Similar works
By subject, palette and style
- Sin títuloArmando Lara · 2024
- Arbusto y MetalArmando Lara · 2009
- Sin títuloArmando Lara · 2024
- Arbol AveArmando Lara · 2009
- Geografía ÍntimaErika Stanley
- Silencio InfinitoMarcia Madrigal · 2026
- Centaura#2 (Dìptico)Olga Anaskina · 2024
- El Ángel de la PuertaRolando Cubero · 2003
- En el Paisaje de LaraEdgar Sánchez · 2009
- Vuelo Número 12Inquire about availabilityArmando Lara
- En LibertadSoldJuan Manuel Hernández · 2017
- En el Jardín de la NocheSoldAlma Fernández Tercero · 2017
