Field of Becoming, 2023
Price
€8,500
Medium
Acrylic, charcoal and pastel on canvas
Technique
Painting
Dimensions
160 × 200 cm
Year
2023
Edition
1/1
About the Work
“Field of Becoming unfolds as an expansive abstract surface where mint green and French grey gesture against one another in layered, expressionistic movement. Within this shifting field, fragments of the female figure are deliberately dispersed, never fully assembled, yet persistently present, suggesting embodiment as something remembered, interrupted, and reformed through perception. At one scale, a large hot pink flower appears in stark contrast: minimal, almost childlike in its directness, yet occupying the space with undeniable insistence. It functions less as symbol than as interruption, an image of femininity and innocence that resists simplification, holding tension between fragility and assertion. Within The DANCE: Between Polarity, the work operates as a field of unresolved states, where figure, memory, and gesture circulate without hierarchy. What remains is not resolution, but a lingering awareness of presence forming and dissolving in the same breath.”
Artist
Bailey Lalonde
View ProfileLALONDE & LALONDE are an international artist duo whose collaborative practice builds on extensive independent careers. Bailey Lalonde (b. 1993) is a Canadian-born, Costa Rica-raised multidisciplinary artist and curator. Her work spans painting, performance, and film, and has been exhibited across New York, London, Paris, Milan, Amsterdam, Malta, Düsseldorf, Costa Rica, and Miami Art Basel. She has curated over 40 exhibitions featuring more than 250 artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol. Christi Lalonde maintains an independent studio practice alongside the collaboration, informed by her background as a professional dancer and interior designer. LALONDE & LALONDE is the collaborative painting practice of Bailey and Christi Lalonde. Working on shared canvases, the mother–daughter duo produces figurative paintings through a sustained process of layering, interruption, and reworking. Their approach, both additive and reductive, dissolves singular authorship while maintaining a unified visual language. Situated within contemporary abstract figuration, their work balances gesture and restraint, allowing figures to emerge through materially driven surfaces rather than narrative construction. Rooted in dialogue, the practice operates as an ongoing negotiation of mark-making, where control and intuition remain in constant exchange. The resulting paintings emphasize presence, embodiment, and emotional immediacy. Developed as a focused body of work over the past two years, LALONDE & LALONDE has been exhibited internationally and is held in private collections.
Exhibitions
- EMBRACE MILANO2025, Eterno, Milano, IT
- EMBRACE LONDON2025, Mortimer House by Maslow’s, London, UK
- DOLCE VITA2025, Casa Vista Escondida by Christie’s, Potrero, CR
- EMBRACE2024, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
- DEKONSTRUKT2023, LoftM71, Düsseldorf, DE