Description
“The Mysterious Angel” – German Expressionist, ArNoUx 2025
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📝 Curatorial Statement (English)
“The Mysterious Angel” is a German Expressionist portrait painted on cartulina, where ArNoUx channels the presence of a celestial being that reveals itself only through emotion, not form. The angel appears emerging from a haze of grays, silvers, and ethereal blues—tones that suggest both protection and secrecy.
The blurred face, with features that seem to dissolve into the surrounding mist, expresses the way divine beings often approach humanity: quietly, indirectly, through intuition, through spiritual whispers rather than physical clarity. ArNoUx transforms this ambiguity into a powerful visual language, allowing the viewer to sense holiness without needing definition.
The shimmering blues evoke the waters of the Spirit, a recurring symbolism in ArNoUx’s work, suggesting renewal, cleansing, and the fluidity between heaven and earth. The angel’s gaze is calm yet penetrating, as if carrying a message known only to the soul.
This artwork stands as a reminder that not all angels come with wings—some arrive as a feeling, a presence, a mystery.
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📏 Material & Approximate Size
Painted on cartulina / sketchbook paper
Approx. 11 x 14
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