Nush Menna - La Papessa
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La Papessa by Nush Menna, oil on canvas (30 × 42 cm), original 2025, hand-signed, unique work from Italy, part of Archetipi Contemporanei, with final protective varnish, certificate of authenticity, shipped in a tube, weight 0.2 kg.
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Description from the seller
Title: The High Priestess
Subtitle: Contemporary Arcana
Project: Contemporary Archetypes
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30 × 42 cm
Finish: Final protective varnish
Signature: Signed work by the artist (Nush)
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This artwork belongs to the project Contemporary Archetypes, an artistic research that explores the major arcana of the tarot, reinterpreting them in a contemporary key through a modern visual sensibility and a deeply symbolic painting language.
The High Priestess represents the archetype of inner knowledge, the threshold between the visible and the invisible.
It is not a knowledge on display, but guarded. Silent. Radical.
In this version, the image departs from traditional iconography to become a living presence: a direct, magnetic gaze that does not impose itself but draws you in. The figure emerges as a space of listening, a place where intuition precedes words.
This work is a sketch/preparatory study, part of a broader process.
The piece foreshadows a future large-format version, in which the theme will be developed further at the compositional and symbolic level.
Like every archetype, the High Priestess is not only an image, but a state.
An invitation to slow down, observe, and traverse.
Unique work.
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Careful and trackable shipping.
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Ideal for collectors of contemporary art and pop culture, perfect for modern interiors and spaces with a strong visual character.
Final protective varnish,
Certificate of authenticity
Shipped in a tube
* To avoid further polluting the world and to contribute to an ecological choice, I will use recycled cardboard. The small step toward a cleaner world starts with each individual. A responsible choice for everyone.
You can watch the video detailing the painting and the various stages of creation on my Instagram profile nush_artwork, or on my website, https://nushart. com
Seller's Story
My painting is born from the desire to explore the human being in contemporary time, between identity, symbols, and inner transformations. I do not simply paint what I see, but what I perceive behind the image: emotions, fragility, tensions, and contradictions that belong to our era.
My work develops through a layered and slow oil technique, where every detail has a meaning and every element contributes to the narrative of the piece. The figures I paint do not represent merely individuals, but universal conditions: vulnerability, strength, loneliness, and the longing for connection.
For me painting is an act of research and authenticity, a way to restore depth in a world dominated by speed and superficial image. Through color, light, and composition I seek to create works capable of maintaining a living relationship with those who observe them over time.
My works are present in international private collections and are mainly created in oil on canvas, with a constant production and an artistic research in continual evolution.
"ZEITGEISTTEPERAMENTLOS [SPIRITO - DEL - TEMPO - SENZA - SPIRITO]
Riflesso di un attento "studium" travestito da distratto "punctum" - raccolta di ritratti senza identità - costellazione claustrofobica di tribù urbane - moltitudini solitarie - selfie ugualmente di sé massificati per te distratto - istantanee di un passato presente - colori forti per spiriti fragili - profonda superficialità - spirito - del - tempo - senza - spirito."
Translated by Google TranslateTitle: The High Priestess
Subtitle: Contemporary Arcana
Project: Contemporary Archetypes
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30 × 42 cm
Finish: Final protective varnish
Signature: Signed work by the artist (Nush)
⸻
This artwork belongs to the project Contemporary Archetypes, an artistic research that explores the major arcana of the tarot, reinterpreting them in a contemporary key through a modern visual sensibility and a deeply symbolic painting language.
The High Priestess represents the archetype of inner knowledge, the threshold between the visible and the invisible.
It is not a knowledge on display, but guarded. Silent. Radical.
In this version, the image departs from traditional iconography to become a living presence: a direct, magnetic gaze that does not impose itself but draws you in. The figure emerges as a space of listening, a place where intuition precedes words.
This work is a sketch/preparatory study, part of a broader process.
The piece foreshadows a future large-format version, in which the theme will be developed further at the compositional and symbolic level.
Like every archetype, the High Priestess is not only an image, but a state.
An invitation to slow down, observe, and traverse.
Unique work.
⸻
Careful and trackable shipping.
⸻
Ideal for collectors of contemporary art and pop culture, perfect for modern interiors and spaces with a strong visual character.
Final protective varnish,
Certificate of authenticity
Shipped in a tube
* To avoid further polluting the world and to contribute to an ecological choice, I will use recycled cardboard. The small step toward a cleaner world starts with each individual. A responsible choice for everyone.
You can watch the video detailing the painting and the various stages of creation on my Instagram profile nush_artwork, or on my website, https://nushart. com
Seller's Story
My painting is born from the desire to explore the human being in contemporary time, between identity, symbols, and inner transformations. I do not simply paint what I see, but what I perceive behind the image: emotions, fragility, tensions, and contradictions that belong to our era.
My work develops through a layered and slow oil technique, where every detail has a meaning and every element contributes to the narrative of the piece. The figures I paint do not represent merely individuals, but universal conditions: vulnerability, strength, loneliness, and the longing for connection.
For me painting is an act of research and authenticity, a way to restore depth in a world dominated by speed and superficial image. Through color, light, and composition I seek to create works capable of maintaining a living relationship with those who observe them over time.
My works are present in international private collections and are mainly created in oil on canvas, with a constant production and an artistic research in continual evolution.
"ZEITGEISTTEPERAMENTLOS [SPIRITO - DEL - TEMPO - SENZA - SPIRITO]
Riflesso di un attento "studium" travestito da distratto "punctum" - raccolta di ritratti senza identità - costellazione claustrofobica di tribù urbane - moltitudini solitarie - selfie ugualmente di sé massificati per te distratto - istantanee di un passato presente - colori forti per spiriti fragili - profonda superficialità - spirito - del - tempo - senza - spirito."
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Artist
Nush Menna
Sold with frame
No
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Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
La Papessa
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2025
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
30 cm
Width
42 cm
Weight
0.2 kg
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
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