The Postmodern Individual

Roberto Arambula

2015 • Germany • Oil on Canvas

59 x 39 in

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Roberto Arambula

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Medium : Oil on Canvas
Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Dimensions : 59.1x39.4in

About this artwork

The face merges with the machine until they become indistinguishable. The locomotive, symbol of progress and movement, replaces human features: where there was once identity, now there is structure. The work suggests that the modern body no longer inhabits the system but has become part of it; that the human being has been integrated, willingly or not, into the mechanism that consumes them.
The erosion of the face reveals the cost of that fusion:… an existence subjected to the inertia of productivity, to perpetual motion, to the illusion of advancement. This is not merely an image of migration or violence; it is an allegory of the contemporary subject, caught between the promise of progress and the loss of self.

Roberto Arambula

Germany

Credentials

Featured in gallery curations
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Roberto Arambula, a self-taught artist with early training at Hospicio Cabañas and the Art Students League of New York, works primarily in oil painting, installation, and performance, enriched by a background in industrial engineering. He masterfully employs dense black-and-white palettes in either orthodox oil techniques or the energetic fluidity of lacquer and dripping, balancing atmospheric realism with abstract gestures. His art seeks not to represent, but to reveal the unity of matter, energy, and consciousness, drawing viewers into profound reflection and immersive emotional resonance that evokes silence, transformation, and the fullness of existence.

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Roberto Arambula

The Postmodern Individual

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