34 - Rahim El (b. 1984) | Tajik-Spanish

Rahim El (b. 1984) | Tajik-Spanish Abstract Composition II (Kairos Series), 2024 Acrylic on Wood Panel Signed: Signed in red crayon on the reverse of the panel. Dimensions: Artwork: 154.5 × 153.5 cm | 60.8 × 60.4 in Provenance: Directly from the artist’s studio, Barcelona. Condition: Acrylic on a wooden panel in its original strainer. The paint layer is stable and clean, with no losses observed; the panel flat; unframed, ready to hang. Please contact us to request a detailed Condition Report. Conditions of Sale: All lots are sold as is, in the condition described. The condition summary is given as a courtesy; a full condition report is available on request before the sale. Attributions are governed by our Terms and Conditions. All enquiries must be made before bidding; no further information can be provided after the sale. By placing a bid you confirm that you have read and accept our Terms and Conditions in full, as set out in the terms of this sale. Shipping: Aurora & Athena coordinates professional, insured shipping for every purchase through vetted logistics partners: packing, transport, insurance and the export paperwork are arranged on the buyer's behalf and charged at the provider's cost. Buyers are equally welcome to collect in Barcelona or to appoint a carrier of their own. Lots are released once the total purchase price has been received. For shipments outside the EU an export licence may be required and Spanish export duties may apply to certain higher-value works; these are the buyer's responsibility. No export tax applies within the EU. Full shipping and export information is available on request. -- A square metre and a half of gesture: sweeping strokes of ultramarine, cobalt, forest green and chrome yellow driven across a white ground with the whole arm, a dark blue mass at the upper left, a spray of blue drops at the lower right where the brush left the panel. The painting belongs to Rahim El’s ‘Kairos’ series of 2024, named for the Greek word for the right moment, and is painted as a dancer moves: in one session, without correction, each stroke the record of a movement. Rahim El (born 1984 in Dushanbe), trained at the Stroganov Academy in Moscow and the Barcelona Academy of Art and formed by his years at the Dushanbe Opera and Ballet, paints the ’emotions of colours’ that music and dance leave behind. The work comes directly from the artist’s Barcelona studio; its pair, ‘Abstract Composition I’ from the same series, was sold in our July 2026 sale.