ÆON

Æon evokes a strong surreal atmosphere where the main concept is eternity, understood as an endless cosmic cycle in its mystical and cosmological sense.
The humanoid female figure emerges from the living earth, her roots firmly connected to the time of creation: this symbolism highlights the profound bond between humanity and the universal nature.
The lush earthly nature, familiar and everyday to us, stirs with the wind, moving the grass and the figure’s hair, emphasizing a sense of serene peace in an eternal moment.
In Æon, time is suspended: it has no beginning or end, no past, no present, no future. Everything circulates.
The hand, partly organic and partly made of chromed metal, represents the integration of the natural and the artificial, the past and the future, the human and the technological — a continuous reference to the cycle of time.
Finally, the recurring presence of a glass-like solid encloses the scene: it refers to the Platonic Dodecahedron (the Universe), whose internal faces reflect the multidimensional currents of Space-Time.

The painting explores themes such as temporality, the interconnection between humanity and nature, and the hybridization of organic and technological elements. The cybernetic head and chromatic hand serve as symbols of transformation, evoking a vision of time as fluid and multidimensional.
It is a work that invites the viewer to reflect on the nature of existence, the relationship between past, present, and future, and the fusion of different worlds.

Technique

The acrylic airbrush on canvas is the preferred technique of Giampiero Abate, enabling him to achieve almost hyper-realistic details in subjects that, by nature, are not realistic. Humanoids with physically statuesque features reminiscent of ancient Greece or Rome, but placed in metaphysical settings and often with iris-less eyes; this particular element creates an interpretative ambiguity, leaving the observer unable to categorize the work as realism or fantasy. Always on the edge of the Ultrareal, it is designed with 3D software like DAZ3D, rendered, and transferred onto canvas to be painted and completed.