NOVA! - On Courage _ XL large abstract painting
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NOVA! presents On Courage _ XL large abstract painting, an original 140 × 120 cm work in acrylic, oil and pastel on canvas with a landscape theme in abstract expressionism, signed on the verso with a certificate, dated 2025, from Italy, finished in silky varnish with UV protection, ships rolled (not ready to hang) and needs re-stretching, weight 1 kg, part of the solo show Decolonizing Through Painting.
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ABOUT THE PAINTING:
Like a forest regenerating after fire, life re-emerges from the scorched earth, not as it was, but as something new. This work reflects that process: the negotiation between destruction and renewal, the courage to grow where the ground has been broken. Plants, in their resilience, offer metaphors for this journey - not through grand gestures but through the steady unfolding of growth in the face of difficulty. The canvas holds this tension: fragility and strength, destruction and renewal, silence and sound, where courage is not a singular heroic act, but a continuous process of many small steps. In this space, life persists, not as it was, but as it is becoming.
Part of the solo show Decolonizing Through Painting: Reverse-engineering., resistance and Brazilianity in Lipari Island, Anime del Purgatorio church.
Ready to hang: no, ships rolled and needs to be re-stretched by your local framer*
Signature: verso, also signed Certificate
Year: 2025
Finish: silky varnish with UV protection
Shipping: in a professionally packaged tube
* 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.
Hot framing tip from the artist: use 2cm deep stretcher bars with reinforcements for minimum loss of painting area with the fold in the back and to achieve the look and feel of the images.
Seller's Story
NOVA! is a contemporary artist based in Sicily. Her multidisciplinary background informs a practice grounded in abstraction, material exploration and spatial deconstruction. NOVA's work explores the entangled relationships between land, memory and identity, subverting figurative representations of urban and natural realms to reveal lyrical and unreliable narratives of landscapes both distant and familiar.
NOVA's work has been presented internationally, including a charity exhibition and auction at S otheby’s London in 2024, curated by Dr. Madeleine Haddon of the Victoria and Albert Museum. She was the first prize winner of ArtBAM, a competition run by the Munich-based gallery Konsum 163. Finalist in both the London and Florence Biennials in 2023, she has also participated in key global art events such as World Art Dubai and Saatchi Art’s The Other Art Fair. Her solo exhibitions have been showcased at the Lighthouse Museum in Sicily and at her artist-led gallery in the Aeolian Islands.
ABOUT THE PAINTING:
Like a forest regenerating after fire, life re-emerges from the scorched earth, not as it was, but as something new. This work reflects that process: the negotiation between destruction and renewal, the courage to grow where the ground has been broken. Plants, in their resilience, offer metaphors for this journey - not through grand gestures but through the steady unfolding of growth in the face of difficulty. The canvas holds this tension: fragility and strength, destruction and renewal, silence and sound, where courage is not a singular heroic act, but a continuous process of many small steps. In this space, life persists, not as it was, but as it is becoming.
Part of the solo show Decolonizing Through Painting: Reverse-engineering., resistance and Brazilianity in Lipari Island, Anime del Purgatorio church.
Ready to hang: no, ships rolled and needs to be re-stretched by your local framer*
Signature: verso, also signed Certificate
Year: 2025
Finish: silky varnish with UV protection
Shipping: in a professionally packaged tube
* 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.
Hot framing tip from the artist: use 2cm deep stretcher bars with reinforcements for minimum loss of painting area with the fold in the back and to achieve the look and feel of the images.
Seller's Story
NOVA! is a contemporary artist based in Sicily. Her multidisciplinary background informs a practice grounded in abstraction, material exploration and spatial deconstruction. NOVA's work explores the entangled relationships between land, memory and identity, subverting figurative representations of urban and natural realms to reveal lyrical and unreliable narratives of landscapes both distant and familiar.
NOVA's work has been presented internationally, including a charity exhibition and auction at S otheby’s London in 2024, curated by Dr. Madeleine Haddon of the Victoria and Albert Museum. She was the first prize winner of ArtBAM, a competition run by the Munich-based gallery Konsum 163. Finalist in both the London and Florence Biennials in 2023, she has also participated in key global art events such as World Art Dubai and Saatchi Art’s The Other Art Fair. Her solo exhibitions have been showcased at the Lighthouse Museum in Sicily and at her artist-led gallery in the Aeolian Islands.
Details
Artist
NOVA!
Edition
Original
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Sold with frame
No
Title of artwork
On Courage _ XL large abstract painting
Technique
Acrylic painting, Oil painting, Pastel
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2025
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Multicolour, Orange, Purple, White, Yellow
Height
140 cm
Width
120 cm
Weight
1 kg
Depiction/theme
Landscape
Style
Abstract Expressionism
Period
2020+
