Toward the Shelter

Description

Toward the Shelter
Artist: ArNoUx
Year: 2025
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 8 x 10 in
Style: German Expressionist, Abstract Figurative

Curatorial Description:
Toward the Shelter captures a moment of quiet urgency within a turbulent landscape. A man in boots advances through thick, impasto strokes of green and red toward what appears to be a cluster of cabins or perhaps a single, shadowed home. Behind him, a woman stands partially obscured—anchored yet distant—while figures kneel or emerge from the earth in prayer or pain. ArNoUx’s signature brushwork is raw and emotional, splashing the scene with expressionist chaos while anchoring it in narrative ambiguity. The piece asks: is he arriving, or escaping? And what remains in the space between them?