Artwork information

Category

Painting

Technique

Spray paint and acrylic paint on canvas

Date

2023

Dimensions

43 cm x 41.5 cm

Dimensions with frame47 cm x 45.5 cm

Signature

Signed

Proof(s) of authenticity

Painting sold with a certificate of authenticity.

State of conservation

Very good

Framing

Yes

Location

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Description

The artist Nef transports us into a world that is both gentle and surreal, through various series of contemporary pop portraits. Each work plays with a bold fusion of vibrant colors and subtle details, or, conversely, explores the strength of black-and-white chiaroscuro—resulting in an instantly recognizable aesthetic.

With "Sensitive Elements", Nef reveals a series of hybrid portraits that explore the fusion between humanity, nature, and the cosmos. Faces that are neither entirely human nor entirely other, suspended between dream and dystopia. Each painting becomes a mirror of our inner transformations. These silent figures seem both fragile and eternal, as if they had always existed somewhere between our world and another.

Here, mutation is not rupture, but a gentle, almost sensory fusion—a porosity. Each face becomes a point of contact between interior and exterior, between intimacy and universality. Nef invents a sensitive cartography of the living, a mythology without gods, inhabited by entities that feel and that watch over us.

The painting will be delivered stretched and mounted in a black floating frame.

Provenance

Artist's Studio

The artist

Painter
Drawer

Nef

Emerging artistEmerging artist
Painter
Drawer
Born in 1977
France

Bio

Nef, born in 1977, lives and works in Lyon. She studied at the Beaux-Arts de Lyon and graduated with honors. Nef has been drawing since childhood.

A multi-disciplinary artist, she developed a body of experimental video and installation work (participating in international festivals), then continued her creative work with the Nef&bze© graphic studio (focusing on electronic music). Then, in 2021, she became a professional painter.

Her poetic works deal with questions of Man, Nature, emotions and feelings. Artist Nef transports us into a world of gentleness and surrealism through a series of contemporary pop portraits. Each of her works is a bold fusion of vivid color and subtle detail, or a search for chiaroscuro in black and white, creating a unique aesthetic.

Her faces defy convention, inviting the viewer to explore the depths of the human soul while capturing the essence of contemporary art. She takes pleasure in revealing the absurd, the grotesque or contemporary disenchantment, through portraits with playful looks and often evocative titles.

Nef is a sensitive and sincere artist who likes to mix techniques and media: experimentation and evolution are part of her approach.

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