Extraterrestrial Melancholy

Description

Curatorial Entry
Title: Extraterrestrial Melancholy
Artist: ArNoUx
Year: 2025
Medium: Ink and pastel on textured sketchbook paper
Dimensions: Approx. 8.5 x 11 in (21.6 x 28 cm)
Style: German Expressionism – Minimal Figurative

Description:
Extraterrestrial Melancholy is a minimalist, emotionally resonant drawing that merges cosmic imagination with existential expression. Rendered in bold, spontaneous blue ink lines against a fiery wash of red and orange pastel, the figure appears alien yet achingly human. The elongated head, large sorrowful eyes, and floating angular geometry around the crown suggest both extraterrestrial intelligence and spiritual solitude.

The simplicity of form contrasts with the emotional intensity it conveys—typical of ArNoUx’s line-based explorations in his 2025 works. The background’s chaotic red scrawls and solar orange tones evoke both celestial energy and internal unrest. It feels like a transmission from another realm, both psychic and interstellar.