Fragments of Presence — Contemporary Abstract Portrait

Fragments of Presence

I Love to Eat Bacon, Too #12 / Contemporary Abstract Portrait Painting

A contemporary abstract portrait exploring identity as a fluid field of memory, gesture and emotional presence.

Artwork Information

Artist
Ovidiu Kloșka

Title
Fragments of Presence

Year
2026

Medium
Original acrylic painting on canvas

Dimensions
60 × 80 cm (framed: 71 × 91 cm)

Series

I Love to Eat Bacon, Too

Status
Available

Curatorial Essay

Fragments of Presence belongs to I Love to Eat Bacon, Too, a series in which portraiture becomes a field of psychological transformation rather than physical description. Identity is never presented as fixed or complete; it continually shifts through memory, emotion and the traces left by lived experience.

Built through expressive gestures, translucent layers and spontaneous painterly interventions, the composition oscillates between recognition and abstraction. The face appears only partially before dissolving again into colour and texture, suggesting that presence is always in the process of becoming rather than simply existing.

Within Ovidiu Kloșka’s artistic practice, painting becomes a search for improbable visual relationships capable of generating unexpected coherence. Gesture, rhythm, colour and transparency interact freely, allowing the portrait to emerge naturally from the painting itself instead of being imposed upon it.

Warm earth tones, muted violets, luminous passages and energetic marks create a visual atmosphere charged with emotional tension. Every layer preserves the memory of previous decisions while opening new possibilities, transforming the surface into a living archive of perception and feeling.

Rather than portraying a specific individual, Fragments of Presence explores the fragile space where identity remains open, unfinished and continuously rewritten. As part of I Love to Eat Bacon, Too, the painting invites viewers to recognize themselves not through resemblance but through the shared experience of uncertainty, vulnerability and transformation.

Artwork Details

Original acrylic painting on canvas mounted on wooden chassis
60 × 80 cm
Professionally framed in custom wooden frame (71 × 91 cm)
Ready to hang
Professionally varnished for long-term protection
Hand signed on the front and back
Certificate of Authenticity included
Worldwide insured shipping

Collector Information

Every original artwork is carefully packed using museum-quality protective materials and shipped worldwide with full insurance and tracking. Each painting is accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity and is shipped directly from the artist’s studio in Romania.

Collectors interested in additional photographs, framing details or acquisition information are invited to contact the artist directly.