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Orion's Belt

76cm (W) x 61cm (H) x 4cm (D)
Acrylic on canvas

$ 3,400.00

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Artist:
Alex Jobbagy
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This artwork is part of: VAS Spring Select Exhibition 2025

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This surrealist composition invites viewers into a layered meditation on humanity’s eternal tension with nature, time, and belief. The man stands not merely as an individual but as a symbol of collective humanity—naked to the truth, grounded in the present (his jeans and belt anchoring him in modernity), yet gazing toward what lies ahead. By leaning on the horizon and revealing the cosmic realm beneath the ocean’s surface, he physically disrupts the boundary between the known and the mystical. The Orion constellation mirrored on his body, in the sky and embedded in the land, links civilizations through time—echoes of ancient wisdom and architectural reverence. The pyramids, rising above the storm clouds, challenge temporal boundaries and highlight our global, historical fascination with celestial guidance. The wine glass, filled with sea water, gives birth to a goldfish — a powerful symbol of resurrection, spirituality, and hope. This act, both mundane and divine, alludes to our forgotten bond with the forces of nature, urging humility, unity, and a return to cosmic awareness. It is not merely a painting; it is a symbolic reckoning with our place in the universe.

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