Nikrate - Ares

Ares

Dimensions: 87 x 104 cm (composition on 8 original sheets from 1768)
Condition: Excellent
Technique: gold, red, and black China ink on authentic antique pages dating from 1768 (18th century)

An artwork created on eight original eighteenth-century pages, dated 1768, originating from a Milanese volume from the eighteenth century. The historical surface becomes a field of contemporary tension.

The face of Ares, the god of war, is not depicted as triumph but as unease. Not a celebration of conflict, but an awareness of its destructive power.

Gold calls forth power and ambition.
Red is energy, blood, urgency.
The black ink provides structure and definition, creating depth and contrast.

The influence of sumi-e is present in the gesture of the mark: a few essential, decisive strokes, charged with intention. The composition visibly preserves the eighteenth-century text underneath, generating a dialogue between historical rationality and contemporary emotional tension.

The past is not to be concealed, but to be traversed.
The eighteenth-century letter becomes living memory.

Unique work.
This work was painted on a page from a book dating to 1768, a detail that adds an extra layer of meaning and history. Using ancient pages as a backing is a reminder of humanity's inability to learn from its own mistakes, cyclically repeating the same destructive dynamics.

The artwork will be packed in a rigid cardboard box to ensure its integrity during transport. It comes without a frame or support.

Don't miss the opportunity to own a work that not only represents an extraordinary artistic expression, but also embodies a powerful social and historical message.