Oil on Canvas – En el aire (Manifestación 156) by Gámez

Contemporary Expressionist Oil on Canvas – En el aire (Manifestación 156) by Gámez (2001) Artist: Gámez (Signed and logged to reverse) Title: En el aire (Manifestación 156) Date of Creation: December 2001 (Inscribed "12/01") Medium: Oil on Canvas (Óleo sobre lienzo) Dimensions: 50 cm x 70 cm (Approx. 19.7" x 27.5") Framing: Presented in a premium, gallery-style gilded gold wooden frame with an archival matte border. Condition: Excellent contemporary condition. Canvas tension is tight, paint layers are fully stable, and the frame shows minimal structural wear. Detailed Description This striking, turn-of-the-century oil painting is an authentic, highly dense contemporary expressionist work by the artist Gámez. Titled En el aire (Manifestación 156), the artwork captures a powerful, sweeping social narrative. The composition is built around a vast, wave-like mosaic of interlocking, stylized human faces and profiles. Executed with a meticulous stippling and pointillist-adjacent brush technique, individual figures seamlessly blend into fluid, rolling blue channels that surge across the canvas. The visual language perfectly embodies the raw, collective energy of a massive public demonstration (Manifestación), balancing heavy emotional weight with clean geometric harmony. The reverse of the canvas features comprehensive, handwritten artist ledger details, identifying it as piece #156 in the Manifestación series, and bearing the lifelong career tracking inventory number "GAMEZ 769." This strict archival marking indicates a highly prolific, disciplined studio painter. Painted in December 2001, the piece heavily mirrors the intense, historical socio-political movements and public uprisings that occurred globally and throughout the Spanish-speaking world during that exact month. An exceptional, visually commanding acquisition for collectors of contemporary Latin American or European expressionism, social commentary art, and unique turn-of-the-century figurative compositions. Provenance & Inscriptions Reverse Inscription Reads: "GAMEZ 769 / En el aire (Manifestación 156) / (50 x 70) Óleo / 12/01" Provenance: Acquired via fine art auction market; private collection. Nearest intersection Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue