Elisabet Alba Rio
Indulgence without measure
Indulgence without measure
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Indulgence Without Measure is a contemporary figurative oil painting exploring excess, temptation, and hidden decay through symbolic food imagery. A visually seductive cake — vibrant, textured, almost celebratory — reveals an unsettling detail beneath its sweetness, confronting the viewer with the fragile boundary between pleasure and corruption.
Created using thick impasto and expressive palette-knife techniques, the richly layered surface enhances the tension between beauty and discomfort. The bold chromatic contrasts and tactile textures intensify the emotional charge of the piece, inviting reflection on desire, overconsumption, and emotional hunger.
This work belongs to the series Some Pleasures Don’t Nourish, a neo-expressionist body of work examining indulgence, fragility, and the quiet violence hidden within what appears sweet.
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Original artwork
Technique: Oil on canvas
Size: 30x30x1 cm
Year: 2026
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