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Bataille navale

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Artist : Nicolas Monjo
Oil and acrylic on canvas
15.7x15.7x0.8inch

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1 200€

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Artwork painting
Size in inch (Height/Lenght/Width) 15.7x15.7x0.8
Medium Acrylic and oil on canvas
Type Unique work
Signature Signed artwork
certificate of authenticity Work sold with a certificate of authenticity
Availability Only sold on the internet
Packaging We pack it ourselves with care
Insurance The artwork is insured during delivery
Delivery delivery within 8 days
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Bataille navale – The World’s Turmoil Afloat in a Tiny Boat

With Bataille navale, Nicolas Monjo immerses us in a scene that is tender, chaotic, and metaphorically rich. Painted in acrylic and oil on canvas (40 × 40 cm), this small-format work encapsulates the artist’s entire symbolic, surreal and satirical universe. A simple wooden boat becomes the stage for a quiet confrontation between human fragility, the absurdity of the world, and a strangely comforting humor.

At the center of the painting, two characters share a small boat, sitting back-to-back. Their opposite gazes suggest different responses to turmoil: one expresses a soft, melancholic calm, while the other seems anxious, alert to an invisible threat. Together, they embody a humanity divided between trust and fear, poetry and vigilance.

Around them, the turquoise waters churn with quirky and unsettling figures: a screaming rabbit struggles to stay afloat, a yellow duck drifts peacefully, a cartoonish shark bares its teeth, stylized fish dart beneath the surface. These elements evoke both childhood play and existential danger — a metaphor for our contemporary world overflowing with warnings, distractions, imaginary fears and real anxieties.

In the fiery red sky, paper birds made of origami soar like symbols of hope or escape. To the right, a skull-headed lookout peers through a periscope, while on the left, a striped lighthouse emits its ambiguous guidance. The entire scene functions like a dream charged with symbolism.

The color contrast — the dramatic red backdrop, the vivid blues of the water, the earthy tones of the boat — amplifies the emotional impact. Monjo uses chromatic tension to express an inner turbulence: a perpetual oscillation between violence and innocence, humor and menace, buoyancy and gravity.

The artist’s distinctive texture, expressive faces and intentionally deformed forms reinforce the symbolic dimension of the work. Nothing is realistic, yet everything rings true. The painting hovers between dream and satire, myth and social commentary.

Bataille navale questions our ability to navigate uncertain waters. The two figures may represent a couple, two consciousnesses, two sides of ourselves — or two visions of the world. The work invites viewers to reflect on how we face unpredictability: together yet apart, complementary yet discordant.

For collectors of contemporary figurative art, this piece offers a poetic, layered and philosophical reading. It perfectly embodies Nicolas Monjo’s ability to combine tenderness, irony and surreal imagery into a visually striking narrative.

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Owning Bataille navale means bringing home a fragment of the artist’s poetic and unsettling universe — a work that amuses, disturbs, questions, and grows deeper with each viewing.

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