No. 98262587

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VITYRA - 虚 - No Reserve
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VITYRA - 虚 - No Reserve

虚 Raw sienna, yellow ochre, charcoal and ink on canvas 140cm x 100cm (55 inches x 39 inches) 虚 (Utsuro) — meaning “emptiness” or “void” in Japanese — is a meditation on absence that is not hollow, but full of potential. In this painting, contemporary artist VITYRA captures the quiet tension between dissolution and becoming, where forms waver on the edge of vanishing yet refuse to disappear entirely. Measuring 140cm x 100cm, the work is created using raw materials including raw sienna, yellow ochre, charcoal and ink on canvas. Golden tones flicker like fading light, pressing against sweeping fields of black that both conceal and reveal. The surface breathes with gradients of shadow and radiance — a dance between weight and air, between matter and the nothingness that surrounds it. 虚 reflects the impermanence at the heart of wabi-sabi: beauty not in fullness, but in the fragile balance of what is about to dissolve. The void here is not negation but possibility, an opening that allows meaning to emerge in silence. As with all of VITYRA’s works, the painting exists in the in-between — a place where transience itself becomes form, and emptiness takes on its own quiet dignity. This original painting by VITYRA is discreetly hand-signed on the reverse side to preserve the purity of the artwork’s surface and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. VITYRA is represented by S-Gallery, a well-known gallery for Viennese boundary-pushing contemporary artists. The artwork will be shipped rolled in a secure, protective tube—an eco-friendly and safe method that reduces shipping costs and risk of damage. The canvas measures 140 x 100 cm, with an extra 5 cm border on each side for easy re-stretching. Frame placement is lightly marked on the back to assist precise mounting.

No. 98262587

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VITYRA - 虚 - No Reserve

VITYRA - 虚 - No Reserve


Raw sienna, yellow ochre, charcoal and ink on canvas
140cm x 100cm (55 inches x 39 inches)

虚 (Utsuro) — meaning “emptiness” or “void” in Japanese — is a meditation on absence that is not hollow, but full of potential. In this painting, contemporary artist VITYRA captures the quiet tension between dissolution and becoming, where forms waver on the edge of vanishing yet refuse to disappear entirely.

Measuring 140cm x 100cm, the work is created using raw materials including raw sienna, yellow ochre, charcoal and ink on canvas. Golden tones flicker like fading light, pressing against sweeping fields of black that both conceal and reveal. The surface breathes with gradients of shadow and radiance — a dance between weight and air, between matter and the nothingness that surrounds it.

虚 reflects the impermanence at the heart of wabi-sabi: beauty not in fullness, but in the fragile balance of what is about to dissolve. The void here is not negation but possibility, an opening that allows meaning to emerge in silence.

As with all of VITYRA’s works, the painting exists in the in-between — a place where transience itself becomes form, and emptiness takes on its own quiet dignity.

This original painting by VITYRA is discreetly hand-signed on the reverse side to preserve the purity of the artwork’s surface and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. VITYRA is represented by S-Gallery, a well-known gallery for Viennese boundary-pushing contemporary artists. The artwork will be shipped rolled in a secure, protective tube—an eco-friendly and safe method that reduces shipping costs and risk of damage. The canvas measures 140 x 100 cm, with an extra 5 cm border on each side for easy re-stretching. Frame placement is lightly marked on the back to assist precise mounting.

Final bid
€ 220
Tatiana Ruiz
Expert
Gallery Estimate  € 2,000 - € 2,500

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