VANTA - Styx
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VANTA Styx, an original oil painting on canvas in red, a contemporary portrait measuring 140 cm high by 175 cm wide, hand signed, in excellent condition, created in Austria; an original edition sold direct from the artist, shipped without a frame and rolled in a tube.
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“Styx” (2025)
Oil on canvas
175 x 140 cm
A male profile emerges from deep red oil paint with the weathered quality of ancient sculpture. VANTA has worked the uniform red foundation using multiple removal techniques - scratching, dissolving, wiping, etching - to reveal a form that carries the gravity and presence of classical statuary. The careful removal creates tonal variations within the single red, building up highlights and preserving shadows that suggest both anatomical structure and the erosion of time.
The profile has that monumental quality of carved stone, yet exists only as absence - areas where red pigment has been strategically taken away. Represented by S-Gallery and available on Catawiki, this piece demonstrates how removal can create not just form but character and history. The figure feels simultaneously emerging and eroding, caught between materialization and dissolution within the saturated red field.
The substantial format gives this statue-like presence room to establish its weight and dignity. Surrounding red darkness presses in but never overwhelms the revealed form, creating a balance between the figure’s emergence and the void that both releases and threatens to reclaim it.
Shipping:
The work is delivered without a frame (professional packaging, rolled in a tube). it can easily be restretched by a professional or on your own, this is also cheaper then the otherwise increased cost of shipping when sending paintings of this size stretched
The measurements indicated are those of the painting stretched and mounted on a frame (The actual
measurements of the canvas are larger to allow it to be mounted on a frame 2-4cm thick.
“Styx” (2025)
Oil on canvas
175 x 140 cm
A male profile emerges from deep red oil paint with the weathered quality of ancient sculpture. VANTA has worked the uniform red foundation using multiple removal techniques - scratching, dissolving, wiping, etching - to reveal a form that carries the gravity and presence of classical statuary. The careful removal creates tonal variations within the single red, building up highlights and preserving shadows that suggest both anatomical structure and the erosion of time.
The profile has that monumental quality of carved stone, yet exists only as absence - areas where red pigment has been strategically taken away. Represented by S-Gallery and available on Catawiki, this piece demonstrates how removal can create not just form but character and history. The figure feels simultaneously emerging and eroding, caught between materialization and dissolution within the saturated red field.
The substantial format gives this statue-like presence room to establish its weight and dignity. Surrounding red darkness presses in but never overwhelms the revealed form, creating a balance between the figure’s emergence and the void that both releases and threatens to reclaim it.
Shipping:
The work is delivered without a frame (professional packaging, rolled in a tube). it can easily be restretched by a professional or on your own, this is also cheaper then the otherwise increased cost of shipping when sending paintings of this size stretched
The measurements indicated are those of the painting stretched and mounted on a frame (The actual
measurements of the canvas are larger to allow it to be mounted on a frame 2-4cm thick.
Details
Artist
VANTA
Sold with frame
No
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Styx
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of Origin
Austria
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Red
Height
140 cm
Width
175 cm
Depiction/Theme
Portrait
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
