Technique: acrylic
Support: canvas
Size in cm: 50x40
Torino, september 2025
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“Memory as Resistance – Original Painting”
In 1948 something began: a claim over land, a voice saying “this is mine”—forgetting it already belonged to someone else. A story that keeps repeating itself across many nations, not just one.Through this painting I wanted to give shape to my dissent. I chose the figure of a monkey-judge, a bitterly ironic symbol of what history often hides behind the glasses of power.
Memory is not just a detail of the past: it is a key to understanding the present and imagining a different future. This work is dedicated not only to what is happening in Gaza, but also in Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar, Yemen, and Congo.
To share is to resist:
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to remember,
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to understand,
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to develop a critical sense of the injustices that too often remain unspoken.
This painting is an invitation to look where we usually don’t, to see what we’re not supposed to see. Because something is happening, and it will change us irreversibly.
👉 A work of art that stands as protest, memory, and visual poetry.
About Primate Collection
An expressive bestiary of apes, instincts, and symbols.
This is dedicated to all those people are good looking and funny and a big sense of humor😜🤣. As a wildlife and urban sketcher artist, I’ve always been fascinated by the expressions of animals. This original painting is part of my Primate Collection, a series of black and white acrylic portraits that explore the emotional depth and symbolic resonance of apes and monkeys.
Inspired by an encounter in the dense jungle, I set out to capture not just the likeness of these magnificent creatures, but their essence. In the stark contrast of black and white, each face becomes a mirror: expressive, introspective, almost human. The eyes hold stories. The features, raw emotion. These portraits challenge the viewer to see beyond species, to feel a connection that transcends the boundary between human and animal.
Every piece is unique, painted by hand, and comes signed on the back with a certificate of authenticity. This artwork is not only a tribute to the primal, instinctual world of our cousins, but a call to empathy, reminding us of our shared origins.
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