Fuck Valentine's Day

FCK VALENTINES DAY 

Gallery: Pulsión y Tiniebla · Tenebrist Baroque · Curator: Adrian Thomas

There are works that celebrate love. This work strips it bare, bites it, and leaves it on the table like a broken glass.

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DESCRIPTION:

Fck Valentine’s Day is a scene of elegant decadence: a green-eyed woman — still, dominant, unapologetic — reclining on a field of broken hearts. Around her: shattered glass, a toast that fell too soon, and an atmosphere where gold is not a promise… it’s a scar.

The brushwork blends delicacy and controlled violence: chiaroscuro with a baroque pulse, translucent glazes, and a darkness that is not an absence of light, but intention. The black fabric falls like smoke; the red insists like evidence; the gold appears as a guilty luxury.
There is no tenderness. There is truth. And truth, sometimes, charges admission.

This piece belongs to the Pulsión y Tiniebla wing, where desire is depicted without cheap romanticism: with composition, atmosphere, symbolism, and a sensuality that doesn't beg — it commands.

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Technical Sheet — Master Print Edition

• Ratio: 3:4
• Master Resolution: 12000 × 16000 px
• Print Resolution: 300 true DPI
• Color Space: Professional CMYK (4 separations)
• Depth: 8 bits per channel
• Delivery Format: PDF Master Fine Art ready for printing
• Recommended Size: 60 × 80 cm (with generous margin for professional enlargement)

Note: This is not a screen-optimized file. It is a certified edition conceived for museum-quality printing on canvas or Fine Art papers. For personal use and non-commercial exhibition.

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Recommended Exhibition Guide

SANTOGrail recommends this work for exhibition formats up to 60 × 80 cm, with professional printing on fine art paper or artistic canvas.

As a curatorial criterion, we suggest:

• professional quality fine art paper or artistic canvas
• pigment inks
• simple frames in matte black, natural wood, or off-white
• LED lighting, no direct sunlight
• a presentation where the work can breathe visually

For works printed on paper, framing with acrylic or UV-protective glass and adequate separation between the artwork and the protective surface is suggested.

The final appreciation will depend on the medium, the lab, the lighting, and the exhibition space.

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Suggested brief table

Larger formats may be technically feasible, but SANTOGrail considers up to 60 × 80 cm as its preferred exhibition range.

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