Cyclist in a green scarf by Marina Imar
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Medium: acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 80 x 60 cm
Year: 2025
Price: $1300.00 USD
Status: available
In this piece, I celebrate movement and freedom through bold geometric shapes and striking contrasts. The abstract Cubist style conveys the cyclist's dynamic energy, while the green scarf trailing behind symbolizes hope and vitality. Using acrylics, I sought to capture a joyful, fearless spirit, inviting you to feel the surge of energy and the rhythm of the ride whenever you view this work in your space. Part of the "Sport" series.
Why collect this work?
Angular joints, polygonal wheels, and a scarf stretched almost to the right edge turn cycling into a contest between forward momentum and pictorial construction.
- Imar’s statement describes a practice that converts familiar figures and movement into geometric systems. Here, the cyclist remains legible while body, bicycle, and clothing nearly merge into one articulated mechanism.
- In the photograph, red-orange diagonals connect the rider’s limbs, frame, and wheels, while the long green scarf pulls the eye laterally. Its exaggerated reach conveys speed more decisively than the largely static wheel shapes.
- Catalogue metadata identifies acrylic on canvas. Acrylic permits sharply separated blocks and forceful linear accents here, while rubbed-looking passages visible in the photograph interrupt those divisions without proving the painting’s physical texture.
- Dated 2025 and identified by the artist as part of the “Sport” series, this painting provides a focused case for considering how modern athletic motion can be pictured through fragmentation rather than naturalistic anatomy.
About the Artist
Marina Imar
Marina Imar is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: Painting & Graphic Art. Based in Minsk, BY.
Nationality: Belarusian
Marina Imar works at the intersection of painting and object, creating works that extend beyond the traditional perception of a canvas.
