That Mellifluous Memory of Awakening (NSFW) - Original Painting

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"That mellifluous memory of Awakening" - February 2025

• Painting exhibited during the group show:
  

  "Sherotica" @ Gallery X (Dublin, Ireland), from March 14 to April 5, 2025.

Original mixed-media painting.
- 30x40cm, 4cm gallery-wrapped canvas.
- Winsor&Newton watercolors.
- Graphite.
- Acrylic paste and resin relief for the golden halo and frame.
- UV/moisture-resistant protective varnish, topcoat.

UNFRAMED. Canvas already ready to hang.
Certificate of authenticity included.
Colors may vary slightly from the screen display. In person, they are truly beautiful and detailed!

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The erotic sphere is a rather complex theme to address in a single paragraph; I will limit myself to a few brief reflections.

It is not just about exploring the body, but about the awareness needed to accept it and enjoy it freely, experiencing it as an integral part of one's identity – both through the sexual act and through a deep observation of oneself, always respecting one's own boundaries and those of others.

However, all this is often guiltily rejected, due to prejudices and social impositions: on one hand, a kind of abstract "purity" is exalted, while on the other, bodies are allowed to be reduced to objects for commercial purposes; at the same time, any artistic representation that (with delicacy or extreme frankness) shows its most authentic truth is condemned, which is then the very essence of humanity.