{"product_id":"dairo-vargas-passage-of-time-2023","title":"Dairo Vargas — Passage of Time (2023)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDairo Vargas (b. 1977) is widely regarded as one of the most compelling voices in today’s international new figurative painting. Colombian-born and European-trained, his practice balances instinctive gesture with a refined psychological reading of the image, allowing forms to surface and recede rather than resolve into fixed portraiture. Exhibited across the UK, the United States, the Middle East and Asia—alongside institutional visibility that includes Saatchi Gallery (London), MEAM (Barcelona) and the Cairo Youth Biennale—Vargas has drawn sustained attention from curators and a new generation of global collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreated in 2023, \u003ci\u003ePassage of Time\u003c\/i\u003e stands among the most emblematic statements of his recent production: a vortex of matter and light where figures appear, dissolve, and re-form through layered marks and luminous intervals. Time is treated not as linear sequence but as emotional movement—what lingers, what shifts, and what the eye perceives before the mind can name it. The result is an image that remains dynamic and contemplative in equal measure, rewarding repeated viewing as it changes with the viewer’s attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a museum-scale, one-of-one canvas from the highly sought-after 2020–2024 period—an era associated with steadily rising auction results and heightened fair and catalogue presence—this work aligns aesthetic significance with investment-aware collectability. Held in private collection and offered as a unique piece, it represents the kind of large-format Vargas that circulates infrequently, with authenticity and provenance central to its long-term value within a contemporary art collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collecto Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53877251735892,"sku":"3114","price":22770.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/9083\/7588\/files\/file-1765037613563-dairo20vargas.png?v=1772726320","url":"https:\/\/collectoarchive.com\/products\/dairo-vargas-passage-of-time-2023","provider":"Collecto Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}