Itaca, 2024
Archival pigments on cotton paper mounted on aluminum, hand-finished wooden floater frame.
50 × 50 cm (19 ⅝ × 19 ⅝ in); 53 × 53 cm (20 ⅞ × 20 ⅞ in) framed
Edition of 5
The artwork stems from a stratification of signs and compositional planes, elaborated by the artist through digital painting. It is realized on Hahnemühle Museum Etching paper and mounted on Dibond according to museum standards, ensuring high stability and conservation over time.
Signed and numbered on the reverse. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity on watermarked paper with unique holograms.
“He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.” — Leo Tolstoy
The rock breaks, vertical, over the water.
The Conero is not merely geography: it is a magnetic field.
A root of stone and salt, luminous even with closed eyes.
Calling it Itaca means admitting the impossibility of exile.
Every route bends toward that point of origin.
