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All auctions / Contemporary Art / Alejandro Carballosa - “la ofrenda”
Oil on canvas Description A winged female figure holds a red fruit between her hands, transformed into the symbolic center of the composition. The scene, built on an atmosphere of twilight and contemplation, presents an image suspended between the allegorical and the intimate. The fruit takes on a dimension that transcends its material nature: it can be understood as desire, knowledge, temptation, or surrender. The figure's contemplative attitude avoids a closed narrative reading and places the viewer before a moment of decision, in which what is offered contains both promise and uncertainty. The contrast between the skin's luminosity, the pinkish tone of the dress, the enveloping darkness, and the intense red of the fruit articulates a composition of strong visual character. The wings introduce a symbolic reference to classical tradition, while the pictorial resolution maintains contemporary sensitivity. The Offering thus invites reflection on the act of giving and on the ambiguity inherent to what we desire: offering something can be, at once, a gesture of generosity, a form of seduction, or a renunciation. Alejandro Carballosa, Plastic artist and Cuban designer based in Spain, with a career marked by the exploration of strength, emotion, and beauty in the animal and human figure. His work combines technical realism with a contemporary vision, where color, light, and movement acquire a symbolic and expressive language. Trained in visual arts and design, he integrates the aesthetic sensitivity of classical art with modern resources, creating pieces that balance energy and introspection. His work has been shown in group and solo exhibitions, and is part of private collections in Germany and the United States education School academy of plastic arts; baccalaureate sculptor, painter university Degree in scenic design; ISA, Havana, Cuba, 2023 graduated 2011 taller 2022. International makeup workshop taught by the Italian master Piero Penisi exposiciones 2011. Iconographic Salon Nicolás Guillén. UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba 2011. Exhibition “Vástagos.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2012. Martian Salon. Sculpture Workshop Gallery, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2012. Exhibition “Lithographs.” UNEAC, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2012. Exhibition “Final Integral Exercise.” Professional Academy of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2013. Martian Salon. Huellas Cultural Center, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2013. Exhibition “The Eve.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2014. Salon “Guernica.” AHS, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2014. Salon “Plastic Arts in April.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2014. Collective expo “Art, a Social Image.” Provincial Center of Plastic Arts, Las Tunas. Cuba. 2017. First Salon of Visual Arts. Guáimaro Art Gallery, Camagüey. Cuba. 2017. Collective expo, Aires de Cubanía. Casa del Alba cultural, Havana. Cuba 2022. Thematic costume runway at ISA Art University 2024 private collections in Germany and the United States
Estimate:£510.12
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Estimate:
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1996 Australia 1/10 oz Gold Lunar Rat (Series I)
12/06/2017
£351.02
Est: £436.01
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