The anticipation of the carnival morning exists here not as representation, but as a force—an echo of movement, ritual, and transience embedded in the fabric through multiple gestures and movements that add and omit paint. The surface becomes a site of accumulation and erasure, where rhythm and interruption shape the unfolding composition. Layers shift and dissolve, mirroring the flux of celebration—its fleeting intensity, its moments of rupture and release. The act of painting aligns with the carnival’s own logic: a space where order is upended, where history, culture, and the body merge in a dance between control and surrender.
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Original, one-of-a-kind abstract painting by Cristine Balarine
- Size: 123x165cm
- Medium: Acrylics, oil sticks and pastels on raw cotton canvas
- Ready to hang: no, ships rolled and needs to be restretched by your local framer*
- Signature: front and verso, also signed certificate
- Year: 2025
- Finish: silky varnish with UV protection
- Shipping: Free shipping worldwide insured and professionally packed rolled in a tube
- Delivery time: min 10 working days (depending on size, customs formalities etc.)
* Shipping extra large formats rolled is safer and more environmentally friendly than shipping ready-to-hang works. The canvas can be easily re-stretched by a framer at your location, which in most cases is even much cheaper than the increased transport costs for a ready-to-hang painting. If you'd like a comparison quote for shipping ready-to-hang please contact me.
- Free returns within 10 days of receipt of the artwork, see T&C for further information.