The harmony of opposites

The work "Harmony of Opposites" explores the coexistence of good and evil, seen as inherent forms of the sacred that humanity consults to discover its own face. It is therefore a work about the absence of a face, in other words, about the effacement of subjectivity in the contemplation of a possible future of its action upon the world. In elusive lines marked by the force of a frenetic gesture, a relationship of scale is established between the transcendent and the immanent. The direction of the lines seems to indicate a quest for ascension toward the divine as three planes emerge. In the foreground, red lines in an emulsion of gold pigments and oil paint trace a language in which chimeric, almost devilish forms seem to dance like the flickering flames of a bonfire. In the middle ground, occupying three-quarters of the space as if emerging from the depths of the paper, immense gilded plaques, like a sacred wall, structure the entire visual composition. Meanwhile, in the background, the off-white of the sheet contrasts with the traces of India ink, the essential lines of this painting, and the faded aesthetic of the eroded paper. This work is like a path of faith in the inescapable tension between good and evil that assails us all.