{"product_id":"absences-iv-br-50-x-40-x-3-cm-2026-br-1710","title":"Absences V \u003cbr\u003e 50 x 40 x 3 cm, 2026\u003cbr\u003e €1710","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eAbsences V\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e50 x 40 x 3 cm, acrylic, ink, paper on a cradled wood panel. Created 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eWhat is omitted becomes as important as what remains.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eThis principle lies at the heart of my approach and has become increasingly central to the intention and direction of my current work. The \u003cem\u003eABSENCES\u003c\/em\u003e series represents my latest exploration within an ongoing journey towards minimalist abstraction. With \u003cem\u003eAbsences IV\u003c\/em\u003e, I continue to distil the visual language of the work, reducing it to a limited palette and a restrained vocabulary of forms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eWithin this reduced field, the remaining elements interact to generate tension, movement, and a sense of dynamic equilibrium. Their presence is intensified by the expansive emptiness that surrounds them. What is absent is not merely a void; it becomes an active and essential component of the composition, shaping the way the visible forms are perceived and experienced.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eThere is an inherent sense of unrest within the individual forms, set against the stillness and apparent calm of the white expanse. This creates a fundamental contradiction between presence and absence, activity and stillness, tension and release. It is within this space between opposites that the painting finds its presence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DavidDrainArt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54662559564117,"sku":null,"price":1710.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0834\/8483\/6181\/files\/Absences_V_15_08_2026.jpg?v=1786808420","url":"https:\/\/daviddrain.art\/products\/absences-iv-br-50-x-40-x-3-cm-2026-br-1710","provider":"DavidDrainArt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}