The breathtaking masterwork stands as a definitive milestone showcasing the formal sophistication and spiritual framework of ALMO’s acclaimed The Golden Ex-voto Series. This exceptional contemporary portrait painting intentionally isolates the visual plane, deploying a heavy-profile 450 g fine art paper substrate to float a highly structured, textured metallic gold acrylic motif. The composition features a complex, linear arrangement of multiple human profile countenances seamlessly woven together by fluid, branch-like organic arms, referencing classical archetypes, dreams, and ancestral offering symbols. ALMO masterfully translates his transcontinental memories and nomadic displacement into a timeless, sacred visual artifact where every metallic brushstroke guards a universal human mark.
Almo wonders about his identity, the countries he has lived in, his daily routine and how he creates himself. An outsider who has made the world his home, skin, and citizenship, and through his artwork, he safeguards it in an attempt to explore the mysteries that pass through. Whether they are symbols, dreams or marks of the life of each of us.
That figurative portrait that embodies the sophisticated ethos of The Art Design Project. This piece seamlessly blends geometric precision with an expressive palette, inviting you to explore its depth and nuances.
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Contemporary Portrait Painting - Presence #1, 2022. By ALMO
Presence #1, 2022
From The Golden Ex-voto Series
Acrylic paint on 450 g paper
Dimensions: 19.6 H x 13.7 W in.
Unique
Unframed
Almo, Jorge Alberto Murilo, was born in Honduras, grew up in the Philippines. He lives in Brazil, Salvador, Bahia, since 1999, today he lives in São Paulo. Regarding his academic training, he graduated in Industrial Design, completed in 1997, at the European Institute of Design, Milan, Italy. He has training in Architecture from the University of Florence, Faculty of Architecture and the Milan Polytechnic.

















