Gabriel Amine.
Inner spiral
Two paintings, one vertigo.
A black structure, engraved like armor, frames the living spiral of another embedded painting. A spiral of matter, of contrasts, of memory frozen in relief.
On the left, a mirror. On the right, a vortex.
One reflects the world, the other sucks it in.
And between the two, a smaller, inverted, almost intrusive circle—a magnifying eye, a fragment of distorted truth.
The viewer does not simply look at the work: he is drawn into it.
His reflection is trapped in the frame, as if he himself becomes the object of introspection.
There is no beginning or end, just a movement: that of a mind turning on itself, in search of meaning or oblivion.
It is a passage between two states:
the visible and the invisible,
the tangible and the illusion,
the reflection and the matter.
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Medium :
Hand-cut and hand-carved wood, incorporating a classic mirror and an inverted magnifying mirror. A second painting is included, made of putty and structuring paste (central spiral), painted with matte and metallic acrylic.
Texture :
A marked contrast between the smooth surface of the engraved black wood, the reflective mirror areas, and the dense, rough volumes of the spiral putty. The layering of materials creates tactile and visual tension.
Colors :
A binary and contrasting palette: deep black and metallic white. These deliberately reduced hues amplify the vortex effect and accentuate the duality between reflection and material.
Composition :
An asymmetrical wooden structure with sharp, engraved lines, framing a mirror on the left and a textured central spiral on the right. The small circular mirror introduces a visual and symbolic dissonance, like a magnifying glass on the self.
Finishing :
Careful work of cutting and assembling the elements, sanding the wood to reveal precise veins, and textured application of the filler to make the spiral emerge as an organic movement suspended in a sculpted frame.