Contemporary Art Criticism, Interviews, Essays and Visual Politics
Antonino La Vela Art focuses on my artistic practice, conceptual research and visual experiments. This section of the blog brings together my artworks, projects, exhibitions and ideas developed through painting and Thinkism. Here, art becomes a way to question identity, power, ecology, human relationships and the fragile emotional and political structures that shape our lives.
The posts in this category explore how my work evolves over time, how each piece connects thought and image, and how painting can become a critical space rather than a decorative object. Readers will find insights into my creative process, reflections on materials and concepts, and the broader context behind my visual work. This category aims to offer a deeper understanding of my art, showing how it responds to contemporary reality while remaining emotionally direct and intellectually engaged.
Antonino La Vela, The Stranglehold (2025), 40 × 40 cm oil on canvas – abstract eco-art painting about climate crisis, cement and fire. How my abstract eco-art painting maps the pressure of the Anthropocene on a fragile strip of life The Stranglehold is
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Portrait of Sylvia Rivera in New York Art, Power & the Battle Over Memory Every society crafts its origin myths. The stories we repeat shape who we
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Orange is the Power Painting - cm 40 x 40 - Acrylic and Oil on Canvas A satirical portrait in bronzer-orange, where ego, costume, and empty slogans replace identity. Then I made it… ahahah. I love
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antonino la vela - 50.000 hughs from heaven When a Painting Becomes Too Honest to Exhibit, and Grief Itself Is Mistaken for Bias I didn’t paint 50.000 Hughs
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Antonino La Vela - Untitled 2025 Untitled 2025: A Silent Anatomy of Collapse First work in the series “Am I in a Truman Show?” In a
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Antonino La Vela — Artificial Deficiency, 2025 — Oil on canvas, 70 × 70 cm When the Mind Becomes a Machine and the Soul Is Put on Hold In a world increasingly shaped by artificial
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Soul QR code A Mediterranean voice born from oil, code, and resistance Painting the Silence I did not begin this work to innovate.
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Antonino La Vela — Mediterranean Dying Mediterranean Dying — Artistic and Conceptual Overview My painting, titled Mediterranean Dying, immediately captures attention with its vivid cobalt-blue background
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Antonino La Vela - The Chinese Dog Rethinking Animal Ethics In painting The Chinese Dog, my intention was to create a visual manifesto. It was a bold
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My Black Maybe It Is Not Art That Can Give You Happiness, But I Can Share My Way… And Perhaps You Can
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