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Erika Alfiero

"Breaking the silence"

$2,700.00 USD
$2,700.00 USD
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Regardless of gender, age, race, or social status, who has not heard of or known someone who has suffered some type of violence? That coercion slowly kills the soul and even the individual. This piece of art is born from my personal experience of meeting three great women, who suffered someone's fury. I knew them, and we usually met in "el cafecito" however I never realized that they were falling apart inside. How much time do we spend really listening to those next to us? Are you sure none of them are dying inside? How can we make these souls break that lonely, progressive, throat-slitting, heartbreaking and incapacitating silence? Paraphrasing Georges Bracque: “ Art is a wound transformed into light ”. I dedicate my creation to all those victims and their loved ones.
I invite you to take action and break your silence. And if you know someone who suffers, come closer and empower them to save themselves.
This piece is the wounds of my friends transformed into light. I long for this Work that was born from such deep pain to be the light that covers your wounds. “ BREAKING THE SILENCE ” By Erika Alfiero

Participation in the World Contemporary Art Fair, Miami Art Spectrum and Art Week Miami 2019.

Participation in the Collective Exhibition "300 Women" 2020, Museum of Garcia, NL.

Technique: Oil with mirror and resin

Support: Fabric

Measurements: 120 cm x 80 cm

2019

Regardless of gender, age, race or social status, who has not heard or known a person who has endured any type of violence? That duress slowly kills the soul or even the individual. This artwork, derives from my personal experience of meeting three brave women who suffered someone's rage. I knew them, met them for coffee, however I was not aware they were aching inside. How much time do we devote to really listen to our closed ones? Are we sure none of them are dying? How can we make them break that lonely, creeping, numbing and incapacitating silence? Paraphrasing Georges Bracque: “ Art is a wound transformed into light ”. My creation is dedicated to all victims and those around them. I invite you to take action and break your silence and the silence of those you love. This piece is my friend's wounds transformed into light. I hope it sheds light upon you too. “ BREAKING THE SILENCE ” By Erika Alfiero