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Installation view at Asia NOW 2025, 22-26 October 2025
Installation view at Asia NOW 2025, 22-26 October 2025
Filippo Sciascia
Primitive Saint, 2022
Oil paint on resin and stainless steel
17 x 10 cm
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Primitive Saint (2022) is a reference to Saint Lucia, one of the venerated martyrs from Sicily, which is the hometown of the artist. Lucia, whose name originates from the Latin...
Primitive Saint (2022) is a reference to Saint Lucia, one of the venerated martyrs from Sicily, which is the hometown of the artist. Lucia, whose name originates from the Latin word ‘lux’, meaning light, is frequently depicted as a protector of sight – holding her eyes on a cup or golden plate. Sciascia reimagines this classical biblical figure with modern sensibilities that recall the ingenuity of Marcel Duchamp, attaching an anonymous pair of eyes with the readymade. As its gaze might unsettle the onlooker, the work teases the notions of perspective and identity, probing reflection on our ways of seeing.
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Asia NOW 2025, 11th Edition, 22-26 October 2025
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