SERENITAS

Description

Technique: Saphea Phenomenal Spatial™️ 90–80–6 cm 2025 0.3 kg / one nail, BABYLON series. The work *Serenitas* combines exceptional structural resilience with an unusually gentle energetic presence. Despite its durability, the work does not come across as aggressive or heavy; it radiates a gentle, refined, almost floating lightness. It is precisely this tension between strength and delicacy that gives it its unique sculptural identity. Tangible. Irreplaceable. A ritually bound essence, a psychological knot.

An absorbing, tangible foundation; a transformative work. Totemic in character, with a commanding spatial presence. I created this work at a moment that reflects my own journey—a journey on which I lacked the support of a father, a dad, a daddy… and yet I “have” two of them. I’m not the only one who’s experienced this; many of us are searching for the support that was denied to us. No matter how hard I work on it, I still carry within me that little girl who so longed for their recognition.

I don’t know if I can forgive them for putting me in a situation where I had to watch them look at their daughters who came after me and care for them as if they were one-of-a-kind. And even though it wasn’t—and isn’t—easy to live like Cinderella, I’ve come to realize and firmly embrace my talent—my own “three nuts”—and just as Cinderella was happy in the end, I believe that I am and will continue to be myself, and I will never again need recognition from anyone else.