Yamila Velazquez (XXI) - Guardián del silencio

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. The reverse includes all pertinent data of the work, numbering and signature. Total dimensions: 100 x 65 cm Material: High-quality professional 100% cotton canvas, maximum resistance to handling and external agents from the Eco Canvas Roma Glossy, Satinated brand. We guarantee a durable product with visual quality. Technique: Giclée printing, renowned for its precision and lasting quality. Certificate of authenticity: If the buyer desires, the artist can provide a certificate of authenticity. This must be requested expressly 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 sensibility. This young Cuban talent has established herself in the field of digital art, using contemporary media to explore themes related to nature, landscape and the intimate relationship between woman and her environment. Her works address with subtlety and visual strength topics such as beauty, love, sensuality and feminine delicacy, always framed in enveloping, romantic and refined atmospheres. With a vibrant and expressive aesthetic, Yamila Velázquez manages to fuse 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 work will be carefully packaged by a professional and shipped in a rigid cardboard tube, internally protected with bubble wrap to guarantee its integrity during transport. 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. Estimated delivery time is 7 to 10 days, though it may vary depending on the destination country. The image features a man with idealized anatomy, Herculean proportions, holding a white swan with extreme delicacy. The visual style immediately recalls neoclassicism and the 19th-century academic painting, evoking the works of artists such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau or the Pre-Raphaelites, with a hyperrealistic technique, satin finish and a romantic focus. Earth tones and the diffuse light of the landscape create an timeless and melancholic atmosphere. The male figure’s anatomy is treated with the same sculptural rigor as a mythological figure. The contrast between his powerful body and the bird’s fragility creates a moving visual tension, highlighted by the vertical symmetry of the composition and the serenity of the natural surroundings. This image, though contemporary in its production, sits deliberately outside of time, like an echo of 19th-century salon painting with a modern wink in its portrayal of vulnerable masculinity. The swan has historically been a symbol of purity, soul, divine love and metamorphosis. The union of the muscular man with this creature immediately evokes myths such as that of Leda and the Swan, though here there is no explicit erotism, but rather a contemplative gesture, almost reverent. It can be read as a reconciliation between brute strength and spiritual delicacy, or even as a representation of the balance between masculine and feminine within the human being. The character does not look at the viewer, but lowers his gaze to the swan, which suggests introspection, respect or even a form of redemption. It is as if strength bows before beauty or innocence. The message can also be interpreted as a reflection on contemporary masculinity: powerful, yes, but also sensitive, capable of caring, of protecting, of surrendering to the beauty of the natural world. The work belongs to a contemporary current that could be called “neo-academe symbolic” or even “digital romanticism.” It is a clear reaction to cold or minimalist conceptual art, rescuing classical technique but with current themes and aesthetics. It also fits within the rise of hyperrealistic figurative art with symbolic charge, which is gaining more ground in international collecting for its ability to communicate deep emotions with a classic yet powerful visual language.

Estimation:€140

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