Dissolvenze 2020 #3 Drawing by Cetti Tumminia

Drawing: Graphite, Pencil, Acrylic, Plaster on Paper, Wood.

The soul crumbles. Presence and absence.
Through a rigorous technique, from the study of chiaroscuro and meticulous strokes, I draw in the effort of returning that shining intimacy, often smothered or hidden, that we have inside of us. The naked skin is clear and conspicuous as much as what is kept in the shadows, sometimes erased with solid matter or simply remaining out of sight.
We examine these portraits and we are examined back, spotting that moment of evolution and change where pain and rebirth chase each other finding a perfect balance between frailty and strength, fear and awareness, light and shadow.