PAINTING
ELA DAPLE
 
DETAILS
Oil on canvas
160 x 130 cm
2025
 
DESCRIPTION
In a landscape of ruins, two faceless beings stand entwined between decay and renewal. Their bodies, fractured and mechanical, carry the pulse of new life as vines and flowers emerge from their hollow frames. The painting speaks to the persistence of nature, its quiet ability to reclaim what was lost, to turn silence into growth.
Part of the ongoing Urban Wasteland series, this work continues the dialogue between technology, humanity, and ecology, imagining a future where the remnants of one world become the soil for another.
 
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ela Daple (b. 1987, Romania) is a self-taught contemporary artist based in Budapest, Hungary. With a background in photography and graphic design, she creates visually striking works that explore the fusion of human and machine. Her art blends abstract realism with vibrant color, rich textures, and futuristic elements, evoking relics from a distant future shaped by technology.
 
Through cyborg-like figures and cybernetic forms, Daple reflects on identity, resilience, and the evolving relationship between humanity and digital innovation. Her works invite viewers to contemplate what it means to remain purposeful and human in an increasingly technological world. Since 2024, her artworks have been represented by Toolip Art Gallery.