Untitled 1 (Opere vuote)

In this work the human face becomes a fragile perceptual surface where vision appears suspended. One eye is rendered opaque, as if emptied of its capacity to return a gaze, while the other remains partially present. This imbalance introduces a subtle disturbance within the image.
Rather than depicting trauma directly, the painting approaches it as a disruption within perception itself. The face, traditionally a site of recognition and identity, becomes unstable, caught between presence and withdrawal. The viewer is confronted with a gaze that cannot fully emerge, as if something within the image resists being seen.
In this tension the portrait ceases to function as a stable representation and instead becomes a threshold where memory, perception, and the traces of trauma intersect.