Sguardi (Gazes) is an autonomous chapter within the broader project Promesse (Promises), which originated from the painting I tuoi occhi blu mi guardano fallire, ancora (Your blue eyes watch me fail, again). The cycle explores the themes that run throughout the entire project—failure, broken promises, fragmented identity—translating them into a deeply intimate and autobiographical visual investigation that touches on universal dimensions.

Composed of six oil and charcoal on canvas works, Sguardi unfolds as a chronological journey from the places of my childhood to the present. Each piece originates from the reflection captured in the eyes portrayed: mirror-like surfaces in which spaces, memories, and emotional states emerge—elements that do not belong solely to the subjects, but become zones of confrontation with what I had tried not to see in myself.

The device of the gaze thus becomes a site of resistance and revelation: a point where observer and observed exchange roles, generating a dialogue that challenges certainties and raises questions about identity, vulnerability, and the construction of the self.

Sguardi represents a radical search for honesty. Exposing oneself through the reflection in the eyes of others means accepting the risk of truth, fragility, and contradiction. The cycle concludes with a self-portrait reflected in my own eye: an image that evokes disorientation and the always-illusory attempt to know oneself and find calm within an existence that does not always return a sense of peace.