




Night
2025
A vast nocturnal field unfolds across 250 × 200 centimeters of raw jute, where Flávia Ventura layers oil paint with the kind of deliberate accumulation that transforms surface into atmosphere. "Night" operates less as a depiction of darkness than as an immersive study of its texture, the woven ground of the jute contributing its own tactile presence to a composition that rewards close inspection as much as it commands presence from a distance. Ventura's handling of the medium reveals a sustained dialogue between material resistance and painterly intention, with passages of dense impasto giving way to areas where the support breathes through, suggesting depth without resorting to conventional illusionism. Ventura has built a reputation for large-scale works that investigate elemental subjects with formal rigor, and "Night" stands among her most resolved paintings to date. The choice of jute as support is neither incidental nor merely aesthetic. Its coarse weave carries associations with labor, land, and time, grounding this nocturnal subject in something physical and earthbound rather than purely lyrical. The scale further ensures that the work does not illustrate night so much as it enacts it, surrounding the viewer within a field of color and mark-making that feels genuinely environmental. Offered through Nara Roesler, "Night" arrives in a moment of considerable critical attention to Ventura's practice, making it a particularly timely acquisition. The work is signed and unframed, allowing collectors the flexibility to present it within a custom surround suited to their specific architectural context. At this scale, it functions as a defining presence within any serious collection of contemporary Brazilian painting.
- Medium
- Oil paint on jute
- Overall
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Nara Roesler, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Nara RoeslerView on map
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