Canvas Fit - Alberto Ricardo - Alma de acero: el espíritu del Gundam,

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Canvas Fit - Alberto Ricardo presents Alma de acero: the spirit of Gundam, a 2023 limited edition giclée on 60 × 80 cm professional cotton canvas (2/5), produced in Spain and sold directly by the artist in excellent condition.

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Work created on professional canvas using the giclée printing technique. Digital art that employs contemporary media and artificial intelligence.
Artwork by the artist Canvas Fit-Alberto Ricardo created using Giclée print technique on high-quality professional canvas, 100% cotton, highly resistant to handling and external agents, from the Eco Canvas Roma Glossy brand, satin finish.
We guarantee a durable product with visual quality.
Painting with dimensions of 60 x 80 cm and a depth of 5 cm.
Limited edition 2/5.
On the back of the piece, you will find the details about the work.
The shipment will be made through United Parcel Service (UPS) for Spain and Europe, and through Fedex for the rest of the world.
The work will be rolled and protected with several layers of packaging, bubble nylon, and placed in a sturdy tube.
Once the work has been paid for, three days are required for the packaging process and delivery to the shipping company.
The piece will arrive within ten days, depending on the destination country.
Keywords: Gundam, mecha, canvas, science fiction, artistic printing.

This canvas-printed image depicts one of the most legendary icons of the mecha universe and Japanese pop culture: Mobile Suit Gundam, a figure that has transcended the boundaries of anime to become part of the visual imagination of video games, collecting, and contemporary art. The work captures this metal warrior not as a mere combat object, but as a symbolic entity, embodying values such as justice, sacrifice, and the duality between humanity and machine.

The Gundam presented here combines stylized lines with a solid, angular armor, where the chromatic balance of white, red, navy blue, and gold details evokes heroic idealism with an industrial aesthetic. Its open wings and defiant stance reinforce the image of relentless, almost divine power. This design responds to a tradition started in 1979 by Yoshiyuki Tomino, whose legacy has inspired multiple generations of strategy, combat, and role-playing video games, transforming Gundam into much more than a franchise: into a digital myth of the 21st century.

From a technical point of view, print on canvas relies on a pictorial technique that emulates the loose and gestural brushwork of oil painting, with visibly energetic brushstrokes that give the character a frozen movement in full impulse. The texture of the forms is not limited to outlining the robot but visually reconstructs it through color and light. The background, abstract and nebulous, does not provide a concrete narrative setting, allowing the viewer to project their own idea of the battlefield or the cosmos in which this titan fights.

This semi-abstract aesthetic makes it an especially attractive piece for contemporary art collectors and geek culture fans with aesthetic sensitivity. At Catawiki, where worlds of high visual culture converge with a passion for the unique, this work stands precisely between figurative pop art and futuristic conceptual design. It is, in sum, a visual representation of the technological dream: an impossible creature that, without ceasing to be fiction, speaks to us about the present and future of the human being.

An ideal canvas for those who find beauty in the colossal, and emotion in the silent roar of steel in combat.

Work created on professional canvas using the giclée printing technique. Digital art that employs contemporary media and artificial intelligence.
Artwork by the artist Canvas Fit-Alberto Ricardo created using Giclée print technique on high-quality professional canvas, 100% cotton, highly resistant to handling and external agents, from the Eco Canvas Roma Glossy brand, satin finish.
We guarantee a durable product with visual quality.
Painting with dimensions of 60 x 80 cm and a depth of 5 cm.
Limited edition 2/5.
On the back of the piece, you will find the details about the work.
The shipment will be made through United Parcel Service (UPS) for Spain and Europe, and through Fedex for the rest of the world.
The work will be rolled and protected with several layers of packaging, bubble nylon, and placed in a sturdy tube.
Once the work has been paid for, three days are required for the packaging process and delivery to the shipping company.
The piece will arrive within ten days, depending on the destination country.
Keywords: Gundam, mecha, canvas, science fiction, artistic printing.

This canvas-printed image depicts one of the most legendary icons of the mecha universe and Japanese pop culture: Mobile Suit Gundam, a figure that has transcended the boundaries of anime to become part of the visual imagination of video games, collecting, and contemporary art. The work captures this metal warrior not as a mere combat object, but as a symbolic entity, embodying values such as justice, sacrifice, and the duality between humanity and machine.

The Gundam presented here combines stylized lines with a solid, angular armor, where the chromatic balance of white, red, navy blue, and gold details evokes heroic idealism with an industrial aesthetic. Its open wings and defiant stance reinforce the image of relentless, almost divine power. This design responds to a tradition started in 1979 by Yoshiyuki Tomino, whose legacy has inspired multiple generations of strategy, combat, and role-playing video games, transforming Gundam into much more than a franchise: into a digital myth of the 21st century.

From a technical point of view, print on canvas relies on a pictorial technique that emulates the loose and gestural brushwork of oil painting, with visibly energetic brushstrokes that give the character a frozen movement in full impulse. The texture of the forms is not limited to outlining the robot but visually reconstructs it through color and light. The background, abstract and nebulous, does not provide a concrete narrative setting, allowing the viewer to project their own idea of the battlefield or the cosmos in which this titan fights.

This semi-abstract aesthetic makes it an especially attractive piece for contemporary art collectors and geek culture fans with aesthetic sensitivity. At Catawiki, where worlds of high visual culture converge with a passion for the unique, this work stands precisely between figurative pop art and futuristic conceptual design. It is, in sum, a visual representation of the technological dream: an impossible creature that, without ceasing to be fiction, speaks to us about the present and future of the human being.

An ideal canvas for those who find beauty in the colossal, and emotion in the silent roar of steel in combat.

Details

Artist
Canvas Fit - Alberto Ricardo
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Limited edition
Edition number
2/5
Title of artwork
Alma de acero: el espíritu del Gundam,
Technique
AI, Digital print, Giclée
Signature
Hand signed
Country of Origin
Spain
Year
2023
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
80 cm
Width
60 cm
Style
Classical
Period
2020+
Sold with frame
No
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Objects sold
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