Youth
Oil on canvas, 100x100 cm, 2025 | Framed, 103x103x3 cm
“Youth” situates the viewer within a symbolic cosmology of early life — a stage defined by transience, lightness, and unconscious formation. The work examines youth as both an ephemeral experience and a generative force that sets the groundwork for identity, worldview, and emotional memory.
The composition draws heavily on the geometry of the dandelion — a botanical form whose structure blends fragility with cosmic order. By dividing the halo-like circles into 8 and 13 parts, the artist references the Fibonacci arrangement of dandelion seeds, placing youthful experience within a larger universal logic.
The figures enact states typical of youth: whispering, listening, dreaming, gentle withdrawal. Their interactions form a multi-voiced emotional pattern, marked by rhythm and resonance, held within a single encompassing circle — a symbolic universe.
Smaller circles represent microcosms, suggesting that each participant carries an inner world shaped by youthful impressions. Through this geometric choreography, the work aligns personal growth with natural cycles, proposing youth as both momentary and cosmically integrated.
• 15th Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy. 2025
Publications
• Art review on Aatonau contemporary art blog. 2025
