Matias Machado - Mano a mano (XL)

Who is Matias Machado?

Matias Machado: Urban Archaeology Through Paint
Originally from Bordeaux, France, Matias Machado is a contemporary painter whose work explores the human condition through an increasingly abstract and deconstructed lens. Moving beyond classical figuration, his current style focuses on sculptural, tubular forms , fragments of a mutating humanity rendered with raw intensity.

Machado’s technique mirrors a form of urban archaeology. He builds his compositions layer by layer, superposing gestural marks, graffiti elements, stencils, and cryptic text to create dense visual tension. His figures are no longer individual portraits, but silent archetypes , symbolic presences reduced to their absolute essence.

Each canvas is the result of a slow, meditative process of construction and destruction. By using light and shadow to carve out these ambiguous forms, Machado captures a precarious balance between the chaos of the street and a timeless, contemplative stillness. His works stand as memory maps where classical rigor meets the unbridled energy of the urban landscape.


Canvas Informations :
ORIGINAL PAINTING , SHIPPED ROLLED IN A TUBE

Technique: acrylic painting , oil pastel , spray , markers

Dimensions: 100x120cm approximately

Support: Cotton canvas 380g/m2 primed

Signature: Hand-signed on the front and back of the canvas (see photos) , CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY included

The paint is sent rolled up in a tube, leaving you free to choose how to display it (mounted on a stretcher, displayed under glass, etc.)