The triptych of ambiguity is an invitation not to be shallow, because often a manipulated and therefore ambiguous reality is... Read More
The triptych of ambiguity is an invitation not to be shallow, because
often a manipulated and therefore ambiguous reality is shown to us. This
is the most autobiographical of my artworks. The tryptych is an oil on
linen and consists in 3 panels. It derives from a Renaissance travertine
stone that was used as reference for the construction of a cathedral. The
artwork offers an experience of augmented reality through the Artivive
application: each panel of the painting will reveal its hidden
symbologies. You can also experience the augmented reality also in front
of the monitor of your computer. Try it! According to my needs,
Artivive has programmed the application to adapt to the language of the
smartphones: currently it is available in French, Italian and, for any
other language, English. The panels show esoteric mottos found in Dampierre. These are connected to three fairy tales, whose original versions are very different from those we know. From left to right: the
rope refers to the first draft of Collodi's story, which ends with the
hanging of Pinocchio. Cinderella has metaphorically a snake tail
because, in the original version of Basile, she does not hesitate to
kill the stepmother. Snow White instead, in the Grimm brothers'
version, kills the real mother with the help of the prince. The
ambiguous dwarf tries to shed light on some truths, such as children and
dwarves forced by the King to work in the narrow copper mines. In the dwarf panel, the snake hieroglyph reveals the 3 tarot cards: The Hanged man, The Empress and the Hermit. It is associated with the letter Teth, which in Kabbalah means: "the hidden light". In
the Pinocchio panel the raven hieroglyph, instead, reveals the 3 phases
of the alchemical initiation: Nigredo, Albedo and Rubedo. To access
the autobiographical level, one needs a Nigredo experience, depriving
oneself of its possessions, represented here by one's senses... and
meditate in the dark. Thanks to the phosphorescent pigment, the viewer
will be able to read a word about myself and my character.