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Technique: acrylic

Support: canvas

Size in cm:  160x80

Torino, may 2025

A creature suspended between instinct and consciousness, half human, half primate.
At the center of this new painting – Paradiso + Inferno – there is him, the visionary chimpanzee.
He is our crudest, truest reflection.
On his sides: on one side a liquid, dreamlike Paradise, full of desire and escape.
On the other a sprawling, confused Hell, where everything moves too much and too quickly.
And in the middle… Purgatory. That sofa, that wall, that room where you too – perhaps – are trying to make sense of the chaos.

This painting is not just a work. It is a mirror.
And sometimes, the walls we have in front of us are the ones that speak the loudest.

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Paradiso+Inferno

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  • 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 on fine art paper, 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.

    Original painting | Acrylic on paper | Free worldwide shipping | Signed with certificate of authenticity

     

© 2025 Michele di Erre
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Thanks for scrolling this far, you must be one of the curious ones!
Let’s stay inspired and slightly confused together.

Sincerely Michele

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