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.
