CORONA VIRUM

“CORONA VIRUM” acrylics on wood, cm.126x63 - July 2020

Corona virum (contraction of virorum, plural genitive) or crown of men.

Six human beings free-falling into the void.

The setting of the composition is the wood itself which, with its veins, acts as a support and background for the work.

The reference for assonance with the coronavirus scourge is explicit in the title.

But the image is also an allegory.

The crown of men is also a combat formation that Roman soldiers practiced in encircling a post or the enemy himself. Here the "crown of men" becomes a metaphor for social strength which, thanks to human solidarity, is built to face the danger, metaphorically represented by the abyss of free fall.