Éros 21

This work features a winged figure in the form of an antique-inspired marble sculpture. The canvas is divided into three horizontal sections. While the center of the canvas offers a faithful representation of the marble figure, the extremities are sketched and colored. Presenting the figure of Eros, the Greek divinity of love (whose features recall those of Antonio Canova's L'Amour et Psyché à demi couchée), César Malfi offers a reinterpretation of ancient art using a tool familiar from urban art. The chromatic choices add a temporal symbolism to the work: the purple background, an imperial and Roman color, frames the central representation, while a blue background, evoking the sky and the present, extends over the other parts, offering a contemporary and modern representation of the figure of Eros. This work was created during a performance in which the artist painted for 24 hours.