Inès Rouissi - Vortex Kintsugi
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Inès Rouissi’s Vortex Kintsugi (2023) is a unique original acrylic and gold pigment painting on canvas with hand-signed front and reverse, 50 × 50 × 3 cm, 900 g, from the Kintsugi Collection and shipped flat with a Gallery Certificate of Authenticity.
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Artist: Inès Rouissi
Title: Vortex Kintsugi
Year: 2023
Series: Kintsugi Collection
Medium: Acrylic and gold pigment on canvas
Technique: Mixed acrylic painting with hand-worked 3D gold relief
Support: Canvas
Dimensions: 50 × 50 × 3 cm
Rarity: Unique original artwork — 1/1
Condition: Excellent
Signature: Hand-signed by the artist on front and reverse
Certificate: Gallery Certificate of Authenticity included
Auction: Offered without reserve price
The Artwork
What if our fractures were not something to hide, but the very places where light enters?
In Vortex Kintsugi, Inès Rouissi transforms the philosophy of Japanese Kintsugi — traditionally associated with repairing broken objects while revealing their fractures with gold — into a powerful contemporary abstract composition.
Concentric movements of emerald, deep forest green, jade and mineral sage spiral toward a hypnotic central point. Between them, hand-worked passages of gold pigment rise physically from the canvas, creating a genuine three-dimensional relief.
The gold is not simply a colour.
It is matter. It is light. It is the memory of a fracture transformed into strength.
Viewed from the front, the composition draws the eye progressively toward its centre like a vortex, an ancient tree ring, an eye or an imaginary portal.
Viewed from an angle, the artwork changes.
Its raised golden surfaces catch ambient light differently throughout the day, producing subtle shadows and reflections. The painting therefore possesses a physical presence that cannot be fully reproduced by photography.
At the outer edges, fragments of gold escape from the circular structure and spread across the dark background like particles released from the vortex.
This deliberate rupture gives the composition its tension: something has been broken, reconstructed, and ultimately allowed to become more visible because of its transformation.
Kintsugi Collection
Through her Kintsugi Collection, Inès Rouissi explores resilience, transformation and the possibility of finding beauty in imperfection.
Rather than illustrating traditional Japanese ceramics, the artist translates the philosophical idea of Kintsugi into her own contemporary visual language.
Here, the “fracture” becomes a line of gold.
The line becomes a circle.
The circle becomes movement.
And the movement becomes a vortex.
The wound is no longer hidden. It becomes the most luminous part of the composition.
About Inès Rouissi
Born in 1977, Inès Rouissi is a Mediterranean artist-researcher whose practice develops at the intersection of material experimentation, spatial perception, light and abstraction.
Her artistic research examines the relationships between interior and exterior space, texture, structure, movement and perception.
Working through an approach that combines intuition with experimentation, Rouissi creates compositions designed not simply to occupy a wall, but to interact with their environment.
Her Mediterranean sensibility can be perceived through her attention to light, organic movement and materiality, while the Kintsugi Collection introduces another dimension to her research: the transformation of rupture into visual balance.
A Unique, Entirely Hand-Created Artwork
Vortex Kintsugi is an original one-of-a-kind painting.
It is not a print, reproduction or edition.
The acrylic layers, circular movements and raised golden elements have been worked individually by hand. Variations in relief and surface are intentional characteristics of the artist's process and contribute to the uniqueness of the piece.
The artwork is signed by the artist and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by the gallery.
Special Protection of the 3D Gold Relief
Because the raised gold texture is an essential part of Vortex Kintsugi, particular attention is given to transportation.
The artwork is shipped flat — not rolled.
The painted surface is carefully protected using glassine or soft protective tissue paper suitable for the artwork, followed by rigid XPS protection designed to help shield the canvas and its three-dimensional relief during transportation.
Rolling in a tube is deliberately avoided for this artwork in order to protect the raised golden texture.
The parcel is securely prepared by the gallery and shipped internationally via DHL Express with tracking.
Collector's Note
At 50 × 50 × 3 cm, Vortex Kintsugi combines a concentrated format with a remarkably strong visual presence.
Its emerald greens, deep black background and sculptural gold create a composition that can appear almost meditative from a distance while revealing increasingly complex material details at close range.
It is simultaneously painting, relief and symbolic object.
A vortex can pull everything toward darkness.
Inès Rouissi reverses that idea.
At the centre of this vortex, what survives is gold.
Inès Rouissi — Vortex Kintsugi, 2023
Acrylic & gold pigment — 3D relief on canvas
50 × 50 × 3 cm
Unique original artwork — Certificate of Authenticity
Shipped flat with reinforced XPS protection — DHL Express
Offered at auction without reserve price
Delivery: Shipped flat by default in an reinforced XPS crate with tissue or reinforced cotton protection to preserve the integrity of the gilded relief texture — rolling in a tube is not recommended for this work. Shipping offered via DHL Express, ensuring the safest possible handling during international transit.
Presented by Abstract Art Gallery, Riga, with lifetime after-sales guarantee (maintenance, restoration, advice).
Artwork created directly in the artist's studio, presented by Abstract Art Gallery. This creation naturally fits into a contemporary approach today and can be featured in the selections Inspirez-moi, The Best Live from the Studio, Solo Shows and Current Trends: Rising Artists.
Seller's Story
ABSTRACT ART GALLERY
Abstract, sculptural & contemporary paintings — Unique artworks — Lifetime guarantee — Worldwide free shipping
Fast dispatch from Riga International Airport within 24 to 48 hours after order confirmation. Delivery time then depends on the collector's country and the international carrier. Every artwork is carefully packaged, accompanied by its certificate of authenticity, and benefits from a lifetime guarantee. The gallery is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via Catawiki messaging for any advice, tracking, or information.
For collectors, resellers and galleries: artworks can be held by the gallery, perfectly stored and ready. Gift packaging, certificate, artwork message, and custom dedication included. Direct shipping to your client available on request.
Abstract Art Gallery (SIA Positive International Art) is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2010, based in Riga, Latvia, specialising in contemporary abstraction, sculptural minimalism, and in-depth research on materials, textures, and depth.
The gallery represents a curated roster of contemporary artists, each bringing a distinct technique and artistic language — from acrylic pouring and sculptural relief to mixed media on canvas and 3D acrylic-resin work. Every artist is selected for their commitment to material research, craftsmanship, and long-term artistic integrity.
Types of works available
The gallery offers exclusively original contemporary artworks, carefully selected, including abstract minimalist works, textured and sculptural compositions, relief and 3D pieces, and large-scale wall pieces with strong architectural presence.
Custom commissions are available upon request across the gallery's roster of artists. Any format, dimension, or colour palette that can be conceived and realised can be created, tailored precisely to your space and vision.
Standard formats include 50 × 50 cm, 50 × 70 cm, 61 × 91 cm, 120 × 120 cm, 123 × 53 cm, as well as larger formats depending on the work. Depths generally range from 0.2 cm (canvas works) to 5–7 cm, and can reach up to 12 cm for certain sculptural pieces, offering a strong interaction between form, light, and space.
Frames and presentation options include US Box white, US Box black, slim aluminium frame, protective transport tube for unframed canvases, and other premium finishing options available on request.
Materials and Quality
Works are created using high-end materials selected across Europe, with particular attention given to quality, stability, and longevity. Depending on the artist and the piece, the gallery uses premium wood supports, professional-grade canvas, fine acrylic pigments, natural fibers, resin, and finishes selected for their long-term resistance. Each work is presented with careful attention to detail, finish, and presentation.
Expertise and Artistic Vision
Abstract Art Gallery stands apart through a curatorial approach that combines artistic sensitivity with material research — continuous exploration of texture, pigment, matter, and light across its artists' practices. Works are designed to integrate into modern interiors, architectural spaces, executive offices, hotels, galleries, and private collections, while maintaining a strong artistic identity.
For Collectors
Works offered by the gallery are conceived as genuine artistic investments, with high durability, museum-level quality, and an aesthetic designed to transcend time. Shipping is free worldwide, carefully protected and insured, and every work benefits from a lifetime guarantee on colour fastness and material quality under normal exhibition conditions.
Custom commissions are welcome. Whether you have a specific size, a particular colour palette, or a precise vision for your space, our artists can create a work tailored exactly to what you have in mind. Contact us via Catawiki messaging to discuss your project.
Abstract Art Gallery
Contemporary Art — Sculptural & Abstract Works — Multiple Represented Artists
Gallery Quality — Artistic Research — Excellence in Materials
Translated by Google TranslateArtist: Inès Rouissi
Title: Vortex Kintsugi
Year: 2023
Series: Kintsugi Collection
Medium: Acrylic and gold pigment on canvas
Technique: Mixed acrylic painting with hand-worked 3D gold relief
Support: Canvas
Dimensions: 50 × 50 × 3 cm
Rarity: Unique original artwork — 1/1
Condition: Excellent
Signature: Hand-signed by the artist on front and reverse
Certificate: Gallery Certificate of Authenticity included
Auction: Offered without reserve price
The Artwork
What if our fractures were not something to hide, but the very places where light enters?
In Vortex Kintsugi, Inès Rouissi transforms the philosophy of Japanese Kintsugi — traditionally associated with repairing broken objects while revealing their fractures with gold — into a powerful contemporary abstract composition.
Concentric movements of emerald, deep forest green, jade and mineral sage spiral toward a hypnotic central point. Between them, hand-worked passages of gold pigment rise physically from the canvas, creating a genuine three-dimensional relief.
The gold is not simply a colour.
It is matter. It is light. It is the memory of a fracture transformed into strength.
Viewed from the front, the composition draws the eye progressively toward its centre like a vortex, an ancient tree ring, an eye or an imaginary portal.
Viewed from an angle, the artwork changes.
Its raised golden surfaces catch ambient light differently throughout the day, producing subtle shadows and reflections. The painting therefore possesses a physical presence that cannot be fully reproduced by photography.
At the outer edges, fragments of gold escape from the circular structure and spread across the dark background like particles released from the vortex.
This deliberate rupture gives the composition its tension: something has been broken, reconstructed, and ultimately allowed to become more visible because of its transformation.
Kintsugi Collection
Through her Kintsugi Collection, Inès Rouissi explores resilience, transformation and the possibility of finding beauty in imperfection.
Rather than illustrating traditional Japanese ceramics, the artist translates the philosophical idea of Kintsugi into her own contemporary visual language.
Here, the “fracture” becomes a line of gold.
The line becomes a circle.
The circle becomes movement.
And the movement becomes a vortex.
The wound is no longer hidden. It becomes the most luminous part of the composition.
About Inès Rouissi
Born in 1977, Inès Rouissi is a Mediterranean artist-researcher whose practice develops at the intersection of material experimentation, spatial perception, light and abstraction.
Her artistic research examines the relationships between interior and exterior space, texture, structure, movement and perception.
Working through an approach that combines intuition with experimentation, Rouissi creates compositions designed not simply to occupy a wall, but to interact with their environment.
Her Mediterranean sensibility can be perceived through her attention to light, organic movement and materiality, while the Kintsugi Collection introduces another dimension to her research: the transformation of rupture into visual balance.
A Unique, Entirely Hand-Created Artwork
Vortex Kintsugi is an original one-of-a-kind painting.
It is not a print, reproduction or edition.
The acrylic layers, circular movements and raised golden elements have been worked individually by hand. Variations in relief and surface are intentional characteristics of the artist's process and contribute to the uniqueness of the piece.
The artwork is signed by the artist and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by the gallery.
Special Protection of the 3D Gold Relief
Because the raised gold texture is an essential part of Vortex Kintsugi, particular attention is given to transportation.
The artwork is shipped flat — not rolled.
The painted surface is carefully protected using glassine or soft protective tissue paper suitable for the artwork, followed by rigid XPS protection designed to help shield the canvas and its three-dimensional relief during transportation.
Rolling in a tube is deliberately avoided for this artwork in order to protect the raised golden texture.
The parcel is securely prepared by the gallery and shipped internationally via DHL Express with tracking.
Collector's Note
At 50 × 50 × 3 cm, Vortex Kintsugi combines a concentrated format with a remarkably strong visual presence.
Its emerald greens, deep black background and sculptural gold create a composition that can appear almost meditative from a distance while revealing increasingly complex material details at close range.
It is simultaneously painting, relief and symbolic object.
A vortex can pull everything toward darkness.
Inès Rouissi reverses that idea.
At the centre of this vortex, what survives is gold.
Inès Rouissi — Vortex Kintsugi, 2023
Acrylic & gold pigment — 3D relief on canvas
50 × 50 × 3 cm
Unique original artwork — Certificate of Authenticity
Shipped flat with reinforced XPS protection — DHL Express
Offered at auction without reserve price
Delivery: Shipped flat by default in an reinforced XPS crate with tissue or reinforced cotton protection to preserve the integrity of the gilded relief texture — rolling in a tube is not recommended for this work. Shipping offered via DHL Express, ensuring the safest possible handling during international transit.
Presented by Abstract Art Gallery, Riga, with lifetime after-sales guarantee (maintenance, restoration, advice).
Artwork created directly in the artist's studio, presented by Abstract Art Gallery. This creation naturally fits into a contemporary approach today and can be featured in the selections Inspirez-moi, The Best Live from the Studio, Solo Shows and Current Trends: Rising Artists.
Seller's Story
ABSTRACT ART GALLERY
Abstract, sculptural & contemporary paintings — Unique artworks — Lifetime guarantee — Worldwide free shipping
Fast dispatch from Riga International Airport within 24 to 48 hours after order confirmation. Delivery time then depends on the collector's country and the international carrier. Every artwork is carefully packaged, accompanied by its certificate of authenticity, and benefits from a lifetime guarantee. The gallery is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via Catawiki messaging for any advice, tracking, or information.
For collectors, resellers and galleries: artworks can be held by the gallery, perfectly stored and ready. Gift packaging, certificate, artwork message, and custom dedication included. Direct shipping to your client available on request.
Abstract Art Gallery (SIA Positive International Art) is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2010, based in Riga, Latvia, specialising in contemporary abstraction, sculptural minimalism, and in-depth research on materials, textures, and depth.
The gallery represents a curated roster of contemporary artists, each bringing a distinct technique and artistic language — from acrylic pouring and sculptural relief to mixed media on canvas and 3D acrylic-resin work. Every artist is selected for their commitment to material research, craftsmanship, and long-term artistic integrity.
Types of works available
The gallery offers exclusively original contemporary artworks, carefully selected, including abstract minimalist works, textured and sculptural compositions, relief and 3D pieces, and large-scale wall pieces with strong architectural presence.
Custom commissions are available upon request across the gallery's roster of artists. Any format, dimension, or colour palette that can be conceived and realised can be created, tailored precisely to your space and vision.
Standard formats include 50 × 50 cm, 50 × 70 cm, 61 × 91 cm, 120 × 120 cm, 123 × 53 cm, as well as larger formats depending on the work. Depths generally range from 0.2 cm (canvas works) to 5–7 cm, and can reach up to 12 cm for certain sculptural pieces, offering a strong interaction between form, light, and space.
Frames and presentation options include US Box white, US Box black, slim aluminium frame, protective transport tube for unframed canvases, and other premium finishing options available on request.
Materials and Quality
Works are created using high-end materials selected across Europe, with particular attention given to quality, stability, and longevity. Depending on the artist and the piece, the gallery uses premium wood supports, professional-grade canvas, fine acrylic pigments, natural fibers, resin, and finishes selected for their long-term resistance. Each work is presented with careful attention to detail, finish, and presentation.
Expertise and Artistic Vision
Abstract Art Gallery stands apart through a curatorial approach that combines artistic sensitivity with material research — continuous exploration of texture, pigment, matter, and light across its artists' practices. Works are designed to integrate into modern interiors, architectural spaces, executive offices, hotels, galleries, and private collections, while maintaining a strong artistic identity.
For Collectors
Works offered by the gallery are conceived as genuine artistic investments, with high durability, museum-level quality, and an aesthetic designed to transcend time. Shipping is free worldwide, carefully protected and insured, and every work benefits from a lifetime guarantee on colour fastness and material quality under normal exhibition conditions.
Custom commissions are welcome. Whether you have a specific size, a particular colour palette, or a precise vision for your space, our artists can create a work tailored exactly to what you have in mind. Contact us via Catawiki messaging to discuss your project.
Abstract Art Gallery
Contemporary Art — Sculptural & Abstract Works — Multiple Represented Artists
Gallery Quality — Artistic Research — Excellence in Materials
Translated by Google TranslateDetails
Artist
Inès Rouissi
Edition
Original
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Gallery
Sold with frame
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Title of artwork
Vortex Kintsugi
Technique
Acrylic painting, Mixed media
Signature
Hand signed, Signed
Country of origin
Latvia
Year
2023
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Black, Bronze, Gold, Silver, Turquoise
Height
50 cm
Width
50 cm
Weight
900 g
Depiction/theme
Interior scene
Style
Contemporary
Period
2020+
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