Birth of a Question Birth of a Question 2000 - 2023 Before there was Configuratio, before Geometry of Fragility, before Freefall, there was a more elementary question.These paintings mark the moment in which the body ceased to be simply a subject and became a way of thinking. Looking back, they reveal the first attempts to understand identity, space, colour and the relationships that later became the foundation of the research.They are not a finished project. They are the place where the questions first became visible. IFirst self-portraits2020IIThe body becomes a question2021IIISpace enters the painting2022IVTowards Configuratio2023 What does it mean to paint oneself? Nel sogno dei miei paesaggi XIII 2021 Oil on canvas · 150 × 100 cm When does a portrait stop being a portrait? Nel sogno dei miei paesaggi IX2020 oil on canvas 110x95 cm Nel sogno dei miei paesaggi X2020 oil on canvas 110x95 cm Can space become part of the body? Into the wild background III 2022 Oil on canvas 90x90 cm When does painting begin to think? Into the wild landscape VII 2023Oil On Canvas 100x100 cm Into the wild landscape II 2023 Oil On Canvas 100x100 cm When does a Body stop being a Body? Into the wild landscape V 2023 Oil On Canvas 100x100 cm The image could no longer be sustained by the body alone. → Configuratio