“Triumph”

Artist: Rosana Auqué
Year: 2022
Medium: Gold and acrylic on canvas
Dimensions: 1.50 × 1.50 mt

Triumph – A Contemporary Painting About Joy, Family and Inner Victory

Triumph is a large-scale contemporary painting created in gold and acrylic on canvas (1.50 x 1.50 meters) by Rosana Auqué. Conceived in her Milan studio, the work represents a deeply personal dedication: it was created for a close friend and her family, who now live with the painting in Colombia.

The title Triumph does not refer to external success. It reflects a way of seeing. It expresses how the artist perceives her friend — as someone who embodies resilience, joy, unity and the strength of family bonds. The painting becomes a symbolic portrait without depicting a face. It is an emotional landscape of recognition.

Gold, used not as ornament but as presence, expands across the surface with warmth and luminosity. Acrylic layers create movement and texture, while the composition opens into a landscape that feels both expansive and intimate. In the sky appears one of the first balloons Rosana ever painted — a gesture that would later become a recurring element in her visual language.

A Landscape of Emotional Symbolism

The landscape in Triumph is not geographical. It is psychological. The horizon suggests openness and possibility. The golden fields evoke abundance, but not material abundance — rather the richness of shared experience.

The balloon, floating above the scene, carries multiple meanings. It suggests elevation, perspective and the ability to rise above circumstances. In this painting, it represents celebration — but also memory. It recalls one of the earliest moments in the artist’s studio practice in Milan, when she first explored the balloon motif as a symbol of lightness and transcendence.

In Triumph, that early symbol becomes a declaration. It transforms from a studio experiment into a personal offering.

Technique and Material Presence

Gold and Acrylic on Canvas (150 x 150 cm)

The square format (1.50 x 1.50 meters) reinforces balance and stability. The scale invites immersion rather than observation. It does not function as a decorative object but as a spatial presence.

Gold plays a structural role. It captures and reflects light differently throughout the day, making the painting subtly dynamic depending on its environment. Acrylic layers build depth, allowing gesture and transparency to coexist.

The technical decision to combine gold and acrylic creates a dialogue between material density and atmospheric lightness — echoing the conceptual contrast between strength and joy that the title suggests.

H2: Where Is Triumph Today?

Triumph resides in Colombia, within the home of the family for whom it was created. Its presence is domestic, not institutional. It was never conceived as a gallery statement, but as a gesture of affection and recognition.

That intimacy is essential to understanding the work. While it belongs to Rosana Auqué’s broader contemporary practice, it also stands apart as a personal milestone: a painting created not for the art world, but for the private sphere of friendship and family.

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