Edge

It is a work that moves along the edge—as the title suggests—between language and image, between the recognizable and the abstract, between visual lightness and conceptual density. At first glance, it appears as a fragmented and colorful portrait, but upon closer inspection, it reveals its deeper nature: it is not simply a pictorial composition, but a sophisticated visual reinterpretation of deconstructed typographic language.

The artist starts from pre-existing elements—fragments of typographic characters, likely sourced from billboards or printed materials—and transforms them into pure visual forms. Letters are stripped of their verbal function and reassembled as autonomous shapes, giving rise to a pictorial architecture that speaks through rhythm, color, and form, rather than literal meaning.

The technique of abstract collage, meticulously rendered through trompe l’oeil, creates a striking illusion: the piece appears to be composed of layered, glued paper, yet it is entirely painted. This perceptual play enhances the ambiguity between reality and representation, accentuating a sense of movement and three-dimensionality.

Geometric shapes—mainly rectangles, triangles, and rounded wedges—overlap and interlock in a composition that seems to rotate, recede, and expand. The palette is vibrant and warm: intense reds, vivid yellows, deep blues, and touches of pink and black create a dynamic and energetic visual contrast. The face, while recognizable, is entirely constructed from these abstract fragments, in a continuous dialogue between figuration and abstraction.

The strength of the work lies precisely in this duality: it is both sensory and intellectual. It strikes the eye with its chromatic vibrancy and compositional balance, but also engages the mind, inviting the viewer to search for and recognize hints of letters, to decode a hidden and fragmented language.

It is an exercise in balance: between lightness and weight, between apparent chaos and rigorous construction, between visual art and the art of language. It is a work that does not simply ask to be looked at—it demands to be read with the eyes.