The Red Is Not Always Red — Painting by Algis Skara

Acrylic on canvas, 88 × 141 cm, 2025. From the Shifting Identities series by contemporary abstract painter Algis Skara, based in Riga, Latvia.

The Red Is Not Always Red — Acrylic on canvas, 88 × 141 cm, 2025. Shifting Identities series. Contemporary abstract painting by Algis Skara.
The Red Is Not Always Red, 2025. Acrylic on canvas, 88 × 141 cm.

About this painting

Memory that’s been rewritten too many times, each time more desperate to forget, or preserve.

Details

Title
The Red Is Not Always Red
Artist
Algis Skara (Riga, Latvia)
Year
2025
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Size
88 × 141 cm
Series
Shifting Identities
Availability
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About the Shifting Identities series

Paintings about the self as a moving target — faces, figures, and gestures in flux.

About the artist

Algis Skara is a contemporary abstract painter based in Riga, Latvia. He works primarily in mixed media — acrylic, spray, and oil sticks on cotton and linen canvas. Each painting is a visual mini-universe; a maze with more than one exit. Read more about Algis.

Contact & acquisition

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