Original artwork description:

In Why? I chose to give voice to a gaze that cannot be ignored: the eyes of a young girl behind bars, staring directly at the viewer. I built her face with pixels and fragments because that question—“why?”—does not belong only to her, but to all of us.

The blocks of red, pink, and black clash with the coldness of metal, creating a sharp contrast between childhood’s fragility and the harshness of imprisonment. I did not want resignation in her expression, but a contained energy, capable of turning pain into resistance.

With my palette knife, I carved and layered the surface to keep that sense of urgency alive. Why? belongs to the Freedom series: it speaks of liberty precisely by showing its absence, because sometimes strength is born in the refusal to look away.

Materials used:

Oil

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