Cristine Balarine - Dematerialisation of the art object # 02 _ large original abstract painting
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Original large abstract painting by Cristine Balarine titled Dematerialisation of the art object # 02, 68 by 65 cm, acrylic and pastel on raw cotton, hand signed, 2024, sold with bespoke floating natural wooden frame from Sicily, ready to hang.
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Dematerialisation of the art object # 02
Working primarily with my left hand, I lean into the strange trust it demands, an instinctive reliance on the unfamiliar. The marks it leaves are raw, unfettered, almost as if bypassing my conscious self to reach a more instinctual space. Each mark on the canvas becomes an act of negotiation, a balance between intention and spontaneity, where the left hand, so often neglected, becomes the guide.
These gestures feel like calligraphic exercises—urgent, exploratory, and imbued with an odd blind confidence on the process. The painting unfolds as a kind of terrain, where colors pulse and dissolve, and forms refuse to be pinned down. It’s a composition suspended in the act of becoming, marks that simultaneously map and unmap the space, engaging in a dialogue between material presence and its dematerialization. This trust in the left hand, the one less rehearsed, makes the process feel charged with a vulnerability that is paradoxically stronger, more authentic, than when I rely on the hand I use every day.
• Original, one-of-a-kind abstract painting by Cristine Balarine
• Size: 68 x 65 cm
• Medium: pastels, acrylic and graphite on raw cotton canvas
• Ready to hang: yes, on bespoke floating natural wooden frame made in Sicily
• Signature: verso, also signed Certificate
• Year: 2024
• Finish: silky varnish with UV protection
• Shipping: in a box
Please note that colours slightly vary on different screens.
Please note that shipping will be undertaken on the week of 15/12 to allow for the production of the bespoke frame
Also check my profile for the other panel of this diptych and enjoy combined shipping fees
Seller's Story
Cristine Balarine is a contemporary Brazilian artist based in the Aeolian Islands, Sicily. With a Master’s degree in Architecture from The Bartlett, UCL and a foundation in Florentine Renaissance art history, her multidisciplinary background informs a practice grounded in abstraction, material exploration and spatial deconstruction. Drawing on her Indigenous, African, and European heritage and shaped by life on a remote Sicilian island, Balarine’s work explores the entangled relationships between land, memory and identity, subverting figurative representations of urban and natural realms to reveal lyrical and unreliable narratives of landscapes both distant and familiar.
Balarine’s work has been presented internationally, including a charity exhibition and auction at S otheby’s London in 2024, curated by Dr. Madeleine Haddon of the Victoria and Albert Museum. She was the first prize winner of ArtBAM, a competition run by the Munich-based gallery Konsum 163. Finalist in both the London and Florence Biennials in 2023, she has also participated in key global art events such as World Art Dubai and Saatchi Art’s The Other Art Fair. Her solo exhibitions have been showcased at the Lighthouse Museum in Sicily and at her artist-led gallery in the Aeolian Islands.
Her collaborative practice spans visual art, sound and performance, frequently engaging with musicians and DJs to create cross-disciplinary installations and live interventions. Her ongoing project with OWN! Collective, Fault Lines, brings painting into dialogue with music, forming immersive, synaesthetic spaces that challenge the conventional boundaries between visual and auditory perception.
www. cristinebalarineart .com
Dematerialisation of the art object # 02
Working primarily with my left hand, I lean into the strange trust it demands, an instinctive reliance on the unfamiliar. The marks it leaves are raw, unfettered, almost as if bypassing my conscious self to reach a more instinctual space. Each mark on the canvas becomes an act of negotiation, a balance between intention and spontaneity, where the left hand, so often neglected, becomes the guide.
These gestures feel like calligraphic exercises—urgent, exploratory, and imbued with an odd blind confidence on the process. The painting unfolds as a kind of terrain, where colors pulse and dissolve, and forms refuse to be pinned down. It’s a composition suspended in the act of becoming, marks that simultaneously map and unmap the space, engaging in a dialogue between material presence and its dematerialization. This trust in the left hand, the one less rehearsed, makes the process feel charged with a vulnerability that is paradoxically stronger, more authentic, than when I rely on the hand I use every day.
• Original, one-of-a-kind abstract painting by Cristine Balarine
• Size: 68 x 65 cm
• Medium: pastels, acrylic and graphite on raw cotton canvas
• Ready to hang: yes, on bespoke floating natural wooden frame made in Sicily
• Signature: verso, also signed Certificate
• Year: 2024
• Finish: silky varnish with UV protection
• Shipping: in a box
Please note that colours slightly vary on different screens.
Please note that shipping will be undertaken on the week of 15/12 to allow for the production of the bespoke frame
Also check my profile for the other panel of this diptych and enjoy combined shipping fees
Seller's Story
Cristine Balarine is a contemporary Brazilian artist based in the Aeolian Islands, Sicily. With a Master’s degree in Architecture from The Bartlett, UCL and a foundation in Florentine Renaissance art history, her multidisciplinary background informs a practice grounded in abstraction, material exploration and spatial deconstruction. Drawing on her Indigenous, African, and European heritage and shaped by life on a remote Sicilian island, Balarine’s work explores the entangled relationships between land, memory and identity, subverting figurative representations of urban and natural realms to reveal lyrical and unreliable narratives of landscapes both distant and familiar.
Balarine’s work has been presented internationally, including a charity exhibition and auction at S otheby’s London in 2024, curated by Dr. Madeleine Haddon of the Victoria and Albert Museum. She was the first prize winner of ArtBAM, a competition run by the Munich-based gallery Konsum 163. Finalist in both the London and Florence Biennials in 2023, she has also participated in key global art events such as World Art Dubai and Saatchi Art’s The Other Art Fair. Her solo exhibitions have been showcased at the Lighthouse Museum in Sicily and at her artist-led gallery in the Aeolian Islands.
Her collaborative practice spans visual art, sound and performance, frequently engaging with musicians and DJs to create cross-disciplinary installations and live interventions. Her ongoing project with OWN! Collective, Fault Lines, brings painting into dialogue with music, forming immersive, synaesthetic spaces that challenge the conventional boundaries between visual and auditory perception.
www. cristinebalarineart .com
Details
Artist
Cristine Balarine
Edition
Original
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Sold with frame
Yes
Title of artwork
Dematerialisation of the art object # 02 _ large original abstract painting
Technique
Acrylic painting, Pastel
Signature
Hand signed
Country of Origin
Italy
Year
2024
Condition
Excellent condition
Colour
Blue, Green, Multicolour, Pink, Yellow
Height
65 cm
Width
68 cm
Weight
1 kg
Depiction/Theme
Nature
Style
Abstract Expressionism
Period
2020+
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