MPLois - Figura nº5 Victoria

Artist: MPLois, contemporary Spanish artist (b. 1970).

Title: Figure No. 5 Victoria.

Year: 2025.

Medium: Acrylic on canvas and board. Original unique work.

Dimensions:
Work: 67.5 × 47.5 cm (frame included).
Frame: matte black aluminum.
Depth: 2 cm

Signature: Signed by the artist at the lower right.

Edition: Unique piece. Not part of an edition or serial reproduction. The photographs of the work included in this lot are original photographs of the actual painting. No artificial intelligence was used to generate, modify, or recreate the work. For presentation, a digital visualization tool was used to show how the painting could look integrated into different interiors, but the represented work is always the original painting hand-made by the artist.

Provenance: Directly from the artist’s studio.

Documentation: A certificate of authenticity signed by the artist can be provided.

Condition: Very good condition. Recently created contemporary work, with no restorations. May show slight irregularities derived from the manual process and the texture inherent to acrylic paint.

Shipping: The work is shipped framed and carefully protected with rigid packaging and appropriate safety materials for transporting artwork.

Description:
This work belongs to the series “Silent Figures,” a pictorial inquiry centered on the female figure as a vehicle for emotional states and open narratives. More than portraits, these paintings are presences: characters who seem to exist in a moment suspended between memory, intuition, and fiction.

The protagonist is depicted from a slightly low perspective, reinforcing her enigmatic character and confident demeanor. With arms crossed and gaze raised, she projects a mix of determination, distance, and contained vulnerability. The intense red blouse acts as the visual core of the composition, creating a strong contrast with the cool, atmospheric tones of the background.

The visible, expressive brushwork brings energy to the surface, while the chromatic variations of the face, hair, and shadows move the work away from a strictly realistic representation and place it in an emotional, contemporary territory. The background, built through layers of translucent and gestural color, suggests an undefined space that allows all attention to fall on the figure.

The work invites the viewer to construct their own interpretation: is it a defiant woman, a distant observer, or someone who harbors a thought that will never be revealed? The answer remains deliberately open.