
Exu Caveira
Exu Caveira is a dense and deeply symbolic artwork that confronts us with the raw and contradictory aspects of human existence. The coexistence of death and birth, hunger and creation, reveals a world where the struggle for survival is marked by fragility and the weight of contradictions. The man, thin and weakened by hunger, walks under the burden of the woman giving birth to a divided creature, symbolizing duality and the fragmentation of the human condition. The presence of the scythe evokes the inevitability of death and destruction, while the diving helmet on the woman’s head suggests disconnection or suffocation, as if the very act of living or being born were a struggle against an oppressive and hostile environment.
The scene portrays a heavy and inexorable journey, where the man’s walking does not symbolize hope but resistance, a crossing without guarantees of relief or redemption. The woman’s praying hands seem a desperate plea, not for a solution but for the strength to endure. The artwork offers no easy answers or optimism; instead, it provides a profound and unsettling reflection on the tensions of existence, where life and death are inescapably intertwined. It invites us to confront human limitations and the forces that shape us, not with the promise of transformation but with an acute awareness of the burdens we carry.
Brazil
,
2023
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
60 x 100 cm
Code: #
1805


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