Matias Machado - Wake up
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Wake up is an original mixed media painting by Matias Machado, a 2026 neo-expressionist acrylic and oil pastel work on cotton canvas (60x100 cm), hand-signed with a certificate of authenticity, shipped rolled in a tube from Ireland and depicting pop culture themes.
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Who is Matias Machado?
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: mixed media : acrylic painting , oil pastel , spray , markers , charcoal
Dimensions: 60x100cm 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.)
Who is Matias Machado?
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: mixed media : acrylic painting , oil pastel , spray , markers , charcoal
Dimensions: 60x100cm 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.)
Details
Artist
Matias Machado
Sold with frame
No
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Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Wake up
Technique
Acrylic painting, Airbrush, Oil painting, Pastel
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Ireland
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
100 cm
Width
60 cm
Weight
2 kg
Depiction/theme
Pop Culture
Style
Neo-Expressionism
Period
2020+
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