Welcome to the Art World

rt4a, Welcome to the Art World, 2023, pencil and acrylic on cotton canvas, 125 × 125 × 5 cm

Welcome to the Art World

2023
Pencil and acrylic on cotton canvas
125 × 125 × 5 cm
RT4A2301
Courtesy of the artist

rt4a, Welcome to the Art World, 2023, pencil and acrylic on cotton canvas, 125 × 125 × 5 cm
rt4a, Welcome to the Art World, 2023, pencil and acrylic on cotton canvas, 125 × 125 × 5 cm
rt4a, Welcome to the Art World, 2023, pencil and acrylic on cotton canvas, 125 × 125 × 5 cm
rt4a, Welcome to the Art World, 2023, pencil and acrylic on cotton canvas, 125 × 125 × 5 cm

This pencil drawing on canvas took almost three months. It comes from a real paradox: Alfredo Aceto had long promised to exchange or give me one of his ceramics, Welcome to the Art World (2014), and never did. I had the idea of painting it myself: in a way, to possess it. Since the exchange never happened, I painted cracks over the whole surface.

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