yamila - Darth Vader: El Oro en las Sombras

About the work:
The piece presented is part of a limited edition of 5 units worldwide, created digitally and hand-signed by the artist. Each print is unique within its series, ensuring its exclusivity and authenticity. On the back, all relevant details of the work, numbering, and signature are included.
Total dimensions: 60 x 80 cm
High-quality professional canvas 100% cotton, with maximum resistance to handling and external agents, from the Eco Canvas Roma Glossy brand, satin finish. We guarantee a durable product with visual quality.
Technique: Giclée printing, recognized for its precision and lasting quality.

Certificate of authenticity
If the buyer wishes, the artist may provide a certificate of authenticity. This must be explicitly requested at the time of purchase.

About the artist:
Yamila Velázquez (Las Tunas, Cuba, 1993) is a contemporary artist who uses digital intelligence tools. She currently lives and works in Alicante, Spain. Owner and partner of a company dedicated to the sale, representation, and development of artists and artworks, Velázquez combines her business vision with a deep artistic sensitivity.
This young Cuban talent has established himself in the field of digital art, using contemporary media to explore themes related to nature, landscape, and the intimate relationship between women and their environment. His works subtly and visually powerfully address topics such as beauty, love, sensuality, and feminine delicacy, always set within immersive, romantic, and refined atmospheres.
With a vibrant and expressive aesthetic, Yamila Velázquez manages to blend classical influences with a modern language, resulting in versatile, fresh, and deeply evocative works. The pictorial texture of her images, the masterful use of color, and the emotionally balanced composition position her work as a current artistic proposal of high aesthetic value.

Shipping and presentation
The artwork will be carefully packaged by a professional and shipped in a rigid cardboard tube, internally protected with bubble wrap to ensure its integrity during transit. Shipments are made through reliable courier companies such as UPS, FedEx, or Correos España, depending on the destination and the most convenient option in each case.
The estimated delivery time is 7 to 10 days, although it may vary depending on the destination country.

This work is a powerful and dark meditation on redemption and existential harm, using the mask of one of the most iconic villains in cinema. The artist transforms the iconic dark helmet into a fractured and revered surface, directly applying the Japanese philosophy of Kintsugi (金継ぎ).
The armor, traditionally conceived as invulnerable and impenetrable, is here revealed as a broken shell that barely contains internal strength and trauma. A network of intense golden cracks bursts through the shiny black of the mask and cape, suggesting that the character is literally held by his own scars. The gold not only seals the breaks but also illuminates the vast history of pain, conflict, and destruction that defines the character.

The figure stands as a monument to tragedy. Kintsugi in this context symbolizes the reconstruction of a fundamentally damaged identity, suggesting that even the deepest evil carries with it the precious memory of what once was, or what could have been. The light shining on the mask emphasizes the nobility of this repair, elevating the character from a symbol of tyranny to an archetype of inner struggle and the possibility, albeit delayed, of redemption. It is a work that compels the viewer to contemplate the dark and complex beauty of what has been traumatically reconstructed.