Large format acrylic painting with industrial textures and organic red and black forms in tension

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Tension I

Acrylic, mixed media · 2026

Reserved150×120cm

A large-format piece built from opposing textures — raw industrial mark-making set against soft organic red forms.

Very good condition — A faint craquelure has developed in the lower-left corner where the mixed-media build-up is thickest — stable, not flaking, noted at the time of sale.

Unframed — Gallery-wrapped canvas on a deep 4cm stretcher bar — no frame needed, ready to hang.

Exhibition History

Sept 2025Chromatic Drift, Berlin

1,03818,900

Owned by

Private collection

Provenance

2 owners since

Made by Nova Chen
unverified
8 November 2024
Nova Chen → Private collection, Madrid, ES
unverified
22 January 2025
First sale, direct from the studio.
Shown at Chromatic Drift, Berlin
5 September 2025
Private collection, Madrid, ES → Diego Alarcón
17 February 2026
Resold on Trace after the work had appreciated.
Nova Chen earned a 5% resale share

Export provenance report

Whenever this piece is resold on Trace, Nova Chen receives 5% of the new price. It comes out of the seller's proceeds, and it follows the work for as long as it keeps changing hands.

Entries marked unverified were reported by the artist or owner and predate this piece arriving on Trace. Everything that happens here from now on is recorded as it occurs.

Comments

Owen MarshEarly Backer2d ago

The texture on this one is incredible in person — the photos barely capture it.

Theo Bloom5h ago

Would love to see this in a group show. The composition is striking.