Description
RIOT is a 140 x 120 cm painting featuring a group of horses presented through a fragmented, layered composition. Several horse figures can be identified across the artwork, with their bodies and legs overlapping through angular shapes and contrasting colour areas. The forms are recognizable but are treated in a loose, expressive manner rather than through detailed realism. Buy Animals Paintings in Dubai for a work that combines animal imagery with a strongly textured and segmented visual approach.
Fragmented Composition and Colour
The painting is built from many irregular shapes that come together to form the horses and their surrounding areas. Warm shades of orange, terracotta, brown and beige dominate the composition, while grey, charcoal, muted blue and deep burgundy provide contrast. Black and dark brown lines separate many of the individual shapes, helping define the horses while maintaining the fragmented appearance.
The upper section contains lighter beige and cream areas alongside darker horse forms, while the lower portion becomes denser with overlapping legs, bodies and angular colour fields. This arrangement gives RIOT a strong sense of visual complexity without relying on a single uniform surface.
Layered Horse Forms
The horses are constructed from overlapping angular shapes that create a segmented visual structure. Several heads and bodies can be distinguished across the upper and middle sections, while multiple legs extend through the lower part of the composition. The figures are connected visually through shared colours and dark contour lines, making the separate sections feel like parts of one continuous arrangement.
Texture, Lines and Visual Structure
RIOT contains visible variations in surface treatment, with some areas appearing smoother and others showing irregular marks and textured-looking details. Thin dark lines outline many of the individual shapes, while broader colour fields form the bodies and surrounding areas. Orange and terracotta sections are particularly noticeable throughout the lower and central areas, contrasted by grey, beige and deep brown forms.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Artwork | RIOT |
| Category | Paintings |
| Subcategory | Animals |
| Size | 140 x 120 cm |
Mente Art Gallery and the Animal Focus
Mente Art Gallery presents RIOT as a painting focused on horses while using a contemporary fragmented approach to form. The 140 x 120 cm format provides a vertical rectangular composition in which several animal figures interact across the surface. The work does not present the horses against a clearly defined landscape or interior setting; instead, the surrounding areas are integrated into the same network of shapes and colours.
The keyword RIOT directly identifies the artwork, while the repeated horse forms provide its most recognizable visual element. The combination of warm earthy colours and darker structural lines gives the painting a consistent appearance, while the variations between individual shapes keep the composition visually complex.
A Contemporary Treatment of Animal Forms
RIOT combines figurative animal imagery with abstract elements, allowing the horses to remain identifiable while their bodies are broken into layered sections. The result is a composition based on shape, colour and overlapping forms rather than detailed naturalistic representation. Buy Original Artworks from Mente Art Gallery for a painting that brings together multiple horse figures, earthy tones and a distinctly fragmented visual structure. The title RIOT is reflected in the dense arrangement of forms, while the 140 x 120 cm dimensions provide enough space for the horses to extend across the full composition.
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Artwork type | Painting |
| Dimensions | 140 x 120 cm |
| Style | Figurative animal composition with abstract elements |
| Frame | Not visible |






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