{"product_id":"where-the-light-comes-from","title":"Where the Light comes from (2025)","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Where the Light comes from” is a stunning artwork by Romanian artist Dominic Virtosu. With this piece, the artist worked incessantly for two days to achieve an “à la prima” result of striking visual beauty - where all the oil paint is worked-into one unified layer of material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this work, Virtosu takes an unapologetically figurative approach: it features a view of windows and plants as seen in the hallway from the artists’ studio entrance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn it, the painter explores his relationship with his immediate environment - an observation of daily life through his own perception. The window panes seem to be interrupted by the metallic structure of the industrial design of this former waffle factory - symmetrically evolving lines attract the viewer into this universe where a rich plant life now exists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Where the Light comes from\" represents a new creative direction in Virtosu’s visual vocabulary: establishing firmly the artists’ interest in figurative painting, this artwork is experienced as “on the spot” creation - where the process is an intense marathon that needs to be finished before the paint dries. This time constraint is a challenge that the artist wanted to take upon himself - working with the pressure to simplify gestures and find patterns of movement within his painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“My work on this painting was very much based on instinct. I was interested in the immediate universe around me. I wanted to make the process count more than the result - it represents a break with the result focused painting style that I previously relied on. I wanted to trust that the process would be taking me into new territory.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiving painting the actual chance to evolve as it is produced. A summary of the process would be “working in layers of addition and subtraction\". By revealing what is underneath, the objects above appear contoured into reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“There is an intrinsic element of chance playing into it. Imperfections that this technique forces me to accept - they challenge my control and rationally focused mind.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"150x130cm \/ 59.06x51.18 in, oil on canvas, 2025","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56136557166924,"sku":null,"price":6000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/5964\/9622\/files\/Wherethelightcomesfrom-medium.jpg?v=1764642279","url":"https:\/\/virtosu.com\/products\/where-the-light-comes-from","provider":"Dominic Virtosu","version":"1.0","type":"link"}