{"product_id":"chimera-59x47","title":"Chimera, 47\"x59\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Chimera”, 2026. Acrylic on canvas, 120x150cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElegant female painting. Black on beige background. Large oversized canvas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe figure \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003efrom the “Bestiary” series presents ambiguity. Not in an obvious mythological transcription as a mutation of several animals but more philosophical. The body dissolves into layers of pigment that recall weathered plaster, eroded stone, the slow deterioration of a wall that has held its surface for centuries. The texture was developed through direct study of the walls of Pompeii. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeyond mythology, the chimera is also a figure of personal resonance. A chimera, in biological terms, is an organism that carries within it the DNA of two: the trace of a twin absorbed before birth and never fully disappeared. I have long understood my own nature through this lens, the theory of the vanishing twin as a way of accounting for an internal duality that otherwise resists explanation. That explains my two quite different visual languages, and two ways of presenting myself in the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApart from that,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e this artwork became a chimera itself through an additional layer: i\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003et was an old artwork transformed into a new one, while still preserving traces of its previous nature beneath the surface.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-33556b6d-7fff-62c2-bc50-9b760aac7206\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: 47\"x59\" \/ 120x150cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Unique, Unframed, Unstretched, Rolled. Signed front and rear sides. With a certificate of authenticity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis method is especially safe for large works and provides lower shipping costs as well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRolled works can be easily stretched (for canvas works, i.e. placed onto wooden stretcher bars) and\/or framed by a local framer upon arrival\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anna Pepe x forn Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52191344328935,"sku":null,"price":2350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/9658\/2631\/files\/CHIMERA01_2-2026-anna-pepe-forn-studio.jpg?v=1781199984","url":"https:\/\/annapepe.art\/products\/chimera-59x47","provider":"Anna Pepe x forn Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}