{"product_id":"beauty-through-darkness","title":"Beauty through darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA presence emerges from within the darkness, where beauty is not revealed by escaping what surrounds it, but by existing through it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal artwork by Cristina Gabriela.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeauty Through Darkness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores the fragile place where darkness and beauty cease to be opposites.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA monumental, eroded surface occupies the canvas, built through layers of texture, black, muted earth and traces of buried gold. Across it, a narrow rupture interrupts the material. From within that opening, a human gaze quietly emerges.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe face is never fully given. It remains suspended between appearance and disappearance, as though the darkness has allowed only a fragment of its presence to become visible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere, darkness is not emptiness. It carries time, memory, uncertainty and everything that cannot easily be named. The traces of gold that survive beneath the surface do not conquer it; they exist within it, appearing and disappearing according to light and distance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe gaze becomes the most vulnerable element of the work—a silent presence surrounded by something immense, yet never entirely consumed by it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeauty Through Darkness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e speaks of a beauty that does not require darkness to disappear. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt exists through it. Perhaps even because we have known darkness, we become capable of recognising light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtwork details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Oil and texture on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 120 × 160 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e One-of-a-kind artwork\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Yes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProfessionally packed and shipped worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis artwork is accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity issued by the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cristina Gabriela","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44566444343385,"sku":null,"price":12000.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/5676\/0409\/files\/IMG-4366.png?v=1787473307","url":"https:\/\/cristinajoelleart.com\/products\/beauty-through-darkness","provider":"Cristina Gabriela","version":"1.0","type":"link"}