Mirror of desires

From the series “Mirror of desires”, oil and pencil on paper, 12 x 30 cm, 1997.

This is a naked body spied through the keyhole. The naked person, not knowing to be observed, he feels safe, he thinks he is alone. Who is hidden, who spies, seizes first the nakedness of the body, and this excites him, like a cheap porn movie with an actor who masturbates behind a door, while someone in the next room is having sex.

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Chromosome number 1

An original piece from the series “Chromosomes”, oil and pencil on paper, 17 x 17 cm, 1996.

A series of very simple small works, almost trivial: each drawing depicts a face and an expression. Is it possible to create a catalog of all the expressions of the human face? Is it possible to classify all the attitudes that our face can take and give a name to each one? No, obviously, because the expressions are endless, as well as the possible variations in the human physiognomy, so that a certain attitude, worn by different faces, can assume from time to time different meanings. It's a game in which the variables are too many to govern, a sort of indeterminate equation. But then, what sense can have a job like that? Indeed, it could be interesting to investigate why, who portrays the faces, has chosen these, among all the possible infinite combinations. There are some recurring elements? The expressions are mostly happy, or sad and pensive? The eyes are directed towards the observer, or are they absent, facing something hidden? Eventually, this collection of chromosomes will not be able to describe a kind of genetic code, but it will be something very close to the genetic code of the artist.

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