Licenziamento in Nero is a 110×110 cm mixed material self-portrait, painted after a year-long hiatus from art.
In pursuit of financial stability, the artist put aside his career as a fashion designer, diving into photography and marketing—a detour that demanded full focus, pulling him away from painting. For a year, creativity was redirected, repurposed, contained.
This piece marks the moment of liberation—the instant when the brush was picked up again, reclaiming the raw energy that had been suppressed. Painted on a wooden panel, it stands as a powerful and unapologetic “selfie”, not of appearance, but of artistic identity rediscovered.
A painting of rebirth and rebellion, Licenziamento in Nero captures the emotional weight of artistic exile—and the exhilarating return to true creative freedom.
