Name: THE WAY IT USED TO BE
Brand: Laura Basterra Sanz
SKU: AR-00046648
Price: 2425.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.89 (1017 reviews)

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Type: Original Art
Medium: Paintings > Acrylic
Style: Abstract Expressionism
Subject: Abstract
Year: 2022
Size: 140.0 x 120.0 cm
Ready to hang: No
Frame: No
Signed: Yes, verso and certificate
Materials: acrylic paint on Belgian linen
Shipping: Ships from Belgium

140.0 x 120.0 cm

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THE WAY IT USED TO BE

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Laura Basterra Sanz

Born in 1979 in Barcelona, Spain, Laura Basterra Sanz creates intuitive and bold compositions of personal significance. From her Brussels studio, Laura delves into the evocative powers of colour in a quest to decipher the limitless dimensions and qualities of the Self.

Laura Basterra Sanz’s Style and Practice

In Laura’s abstract expressionist paintings, each colour resonates with a shade of emotion; each shape suggests a mood. In this way, her paintings reveal the changeable nature of being. Whether bold and brightly hued or muted and muddied, her works illustrate the many shifting facets of a single self.

Exhibitions

Laura has a BA in Fashion Design from Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain. She had a solo show in 2020 called Rain! And So On…, at See U Brussels, Brussels, Belgium. Laura has participated in multiple group exhibitions, including Hello, I Just Wanted To Know How You’re Doing, PILAR Brussels, House For Art And Science, Vrij Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (2022), Mostly Looking For The Same Things, XIV Lab, London, UK (2022), A Question Of Lines And Evolution, The Sun-Day Room, Brussels, Belgium (2021), and In The Circle Of Light, See U Brussels, Brussels, Belgium (2021).

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