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Details
The work is signed “JOANA PALOMAR” in blue on the front. The title and date are inscribed on the margin as “‘CHILDHOOD’ — ULEI 2024”. Additional handwritten notes on the verso read “ANITA CRISTIANA MII”.
Sizes:
Artwork: 120 × 100 cm | 47.2 × 39.4 in
This expressive contemporary painting by Joana Palomar (dated 2024) features a central, surreal, and organic form that evokes both biological and human-like qualities. The palette is dominated by intense, saturated reds contrasted against a clean, white background, creating a high-contrast focal point that appears to “drip” or flow down the canvas.
The work reflects a visceral exploration of form and theme, titled “Childhood,” which, when paired with the organic, shell-like or womb-like imagery, suggests a meditation on origin, growth, and the complexities of memory. The artist’s technique utilizes both thick, textured paint application and fluid, atmospheric washes to create a multi-dimensional effect.
Provenance
Artist estate.
Condition Report
The item is currently unframed and removed from its stretcher. It is being sold as a loose canvas. The canvas edges show signs of having been previously stretched, and there are some surface marks consistent with its handling and storage.
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Joana Palomar is a contemporary painter known to us through ‘Childhood’, an oil on canvas of 2024 signed on the front and inscribed with its title and date on the margin.
We have found no published biography of the artist. The work itself, a surreal organic form in saturated reds against white, with thick impasto set against thin atmospheric washes, speaks of a painter concerned with origin, growth and memory.
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