STATEMENT

In “The weight”, I depict a young body trapped between two imposing blocks — symbols of the pressures weighing on contemporary existence. The subject, expressionless, stares at us with an empty, anesthetized gaze, as if every emotion had already been consumed by the very weight crushing him.

The work stands as a ruthless allegory of the tensions that structure modern life: social expectations, economic dynamics, sexual and identity roles, the need to be in order to prove oneself. The young man does not resist, does not fight, does not ask for help: he remains there, caught between two forces that crush him, unable to react. In this state of forced stasis lies the failure of a long-broken promise: the promise of learning to bear the weight of life.

“The weight” tells a story that is as individual as it is collective. The boy could be any of us. His numbness is the result of constant exposure to judgment, competitiveness, and performance. But it is also the sign of the end of resistance:

When the weight can no longer be carried, one becomes it.

There is no pathos or overt drama, but rather a glacial lucidity that questions the viewer:

How much can we endure before we forget that we are alive?