Energia
Energia (Energy) is an allegory of life. Two opposing entrances welcome humanity: on the left, an angry face and a Palladium bearing a spear dominate the scene; on the right, a serene face and the Palladium of justice. The human journey unfolds through this duality. One enters into the shadow of the lower loggias, confronting […]
Looking for Moby
A dreamer conjectures his utopia, symbolized by the white whale (Moby Dick) emerging from the abyss, yet he does not look at it. Lower down, a screaming man embodies the iconic astonished emoji on the right, seized by an atavistic terror. Meanwhile, a periscope emerges from the water: it is the scholar’s submarine, intent on […]
Atlantide
Atlantide acts as a temple portal opening onto the inner abyss—the ultimate archetype of the hidden self. Through a visual complexity that evokes the cloisonné technique and the meticulous detail of mosaics, the artwork translates myth into precious geometries. Amid golden textures and shifting spirals, dynamic steeds punctuate the space while divine figures and recumbent […]
Ormesini
Ormesini evokes the vibrant Fondamenta of Venice, a historical reference to the Eastern market and ancient Hormuz. Upon the golden board of this metaphysical chessboard, the eternal duel between two worlds unfolds: a Greek and a Persian knight face each other in a conflict dense with symbols. Yet just like in chess, where white cannot […]
Uncle Donnie
Uncle Donnie embodies a headless knight leading a blindfolded army toward the abyss. Looming behind him is a contemporary Tower of Babel, surmounted by transmitters blasting the slogans of technocratic propaganda. Along the frame, a sequence of perplexed emojis synthesizes the emotional paralysis of a humanity left speechless. A ruthless and timely allegory on the […]
Costruzione di distruzione (Construction of destruction)
On a stage evoking De Chirico’s metaphysics, evil is put on display. Géricault’s raft becomes an island where humanity plans its own self-destruction instead of mutual aid. Cain’s instinct grows sophisticated: man places all his technological prowess at the service of conflict. In 21st-century warfare, human genius transforms annihilation into professional work, masking primal barbarism […]
BABELEDEN
Babeleden represents existence masked as a tower, which is itself concealed under the guise of an inoffensive windmill. Three steep levels force humanity into an ascent marked by universal struggles: prayer, the scream, the sheer effort of living. At the summit looms the illusion of earthly paradise, where the fear of divine punishment halts all […]
THE ARK OF DREAMS
The Ark of Dreams by Marco Toso Borella is a message in a global bottle, a sanctuary for the salvation of the species. Around it move the Leviathans—monstrous social media creatures that devour and manipulate communication. The sails of the Babel windmill tower over the ark, while Ulysses, bound to the mainmast, listens in silence […]
IDEALICARO
While Icarus fled the labyrinth with wings of feathers and wax, Idealicaro is the naive soul attempting to escape the cold rationality of the mind in pursuit of a virtual, ephemeral utopia of happiness. His flight, however, is directed toward a blinding ray of artificial light that will burn his fragile wings, condemning him to […]
ELEUSA
Eleusa stages the short-circuit between the sacred and the profane. The upper section is dominated by the ineffable certainty of dogma, depicted according to the stylistic elements of Orthodox iconography codified by Pavel Florensky: a Virgin Hodegetria with a steadfast gaze points to her Son as the Way. Below, the earthly dimension turns fragile: a […]