Original artwork description:

“The Man and the Mask” is a contemporary wooden pixel-art interpretation of René Magritte’s iconic “The Son of Man.”
Instead of soft paint, the portrait is built from dozens of hand-cut wooden blocks, each with its own grain, tone, and natural character. Viewed from a distance, the suited figure is instantly recognisable. Up close, his face dissolves into a mosaic of green fragments, symbolizing anonymity and the hidden layers of identity.
The work explores how we conceal and reshape ourselves in the digital age—behind screens, avatars, and masks. A physical, tactile material contrasts with a pixel-based visual language, creating tension between the human and the abstract, the natural and the digital

Materials used:

wood, acrylic, glue, varnish