Metáfora

Metáfora (Metaphor) shows a shirtless man with his head bowed while a large bird of prey, wings half open, grips the top of his head. The figure is drawn in black and grey against a bare white ground.

The weight of the bird and the lowered gaze give the image a quiet gravity. Ritchelly Oliveira renders the feathers, the musculature and the skin with sustained charcoal control at a scale where every passage must hold, then leaves the edges of the body open to the canvas.

Unique work, charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 130 × 110 cm (51.2 × 43.3 in), the largest in this group of works. Born in Brazil in 1993 and trained in Visual Arts at the Federal University of Goiás, Ritchelly Oliveira has worked with the human figure since 2012. His work has been exhibited in Goiânia, Berlin, Miami, New York and Los Angeles, including the solo exhibition Fragility at La Brea Studio in 2023, and has appeared in international art publications such as Beautiful Bizarre.

Available for private viewing at Tilsitt Gallery in Porto, or worldwide delivery upon inquiry.