This fascinating face serves as a bridge between centuries, merging the 17th-century Portuguese Azulejo tradition with a tribal and resolutely modern vision. The skin becomes a canvas where ancient motifs of mythical animals, spirals, and interlacing patterns create a sacred, timeless mask. The artist reinterprets the iconic cobalt blue, using it not just to draw, but to literally sculpt the space: on one side, the precision of a goldsmith's lines; on the other, a burst of textured relief evoking ocean depths or abstract topography. It is a striking dialogue between the geometric order of the past and the visceral expressionism of the present—a memory reinvented.
Technical Details
Technique: Mixed media (acrylic, charcoal, resin).
Edition: Limited series of 99 copies.
Format: 25 cm x 25 cm.
