About the artist

Leonardo Faganello constructs a visual poetics marked by the subversion of symbols and narratives, incorporating crosses, irreverence, illustrations from popular imagination and references to queer cinema. His practice, developed over the course of a decade, articulates color, line and materiality in the creation of compositions that tension the playful and the political, transforming each work into a fragment of a larger narrative.

About the artwork

Inspired by a season spent at the seaside in Brazil, the artist connects this experience to the genesis of a work that dialogues with the Renaissance, exploring themes such as birth, creation and divine power. The recurring presence of hands in his work reinforces the idea of ​​artistic creation as an act of mediation between thought and materiality, where gesture becomes a vehicle for the realization of the idea.