work
Vi’dere
category | Painting |
subject | Human figure |
tags | invidia, evileye, male, uomo, malocchio, envy, deadlysins, peccati, vizi, peccaticapitali, frstration, beatitudine, hair, forza |
base | 60 cm |
height | 50 cm |
depth | 2 cm |
year | 2014 |
Acrylic on canvas, original, unique. From the Latin videre, to watch against, hostile, or grimly generally look bad, then "throw off the evil eye." The work shifts the focus from the male figure in the foreground, occupying almost the entire surface, to the two figures in profile, on the sides, which seem to envy bliss. A common but painful feeling son of frustration, envy is considered one of the Seven Deadly Sins