On/Off

Nina Pettinato, 2025 · acrylic on canvas · 100 × 80 cm

Work at a Glance
A medium-format acrylic painting on canvas, created in 2025 in a vertical format, featuring an unusual combination of vertical color fields, organically curving ribbons, and richly textured surfaces.

How to Read the Painting?
A dense grid of vertical and horizontal color stripes – in pink, blue, red, and gray – lays itself across the canvas like a shimmering cityscape or an electrical circuit; right in the midst of it, curving, sculptural ribbons in white and silver break through this system – bending, twisting, and refusing to remain straight. The painting pulsates between order and chaos, between "on" and "off," between the desire for control and the unstoppable force of the organic. A luminous yellow in the top left corner and an explosive red at the center cast emotional flashes of light into this vibrating composition.

Who is this Painting for?
'On/Off' is a work that captures the energy of our time – the eternal back-and-forth between tension and release – and enriches any space with an electrifying, vibrant presence.