"Portal of Time" - Fabio Tolu

Technique: Glitter plaster on sandwich panel, copper-colored glitter strips, rust-effect aluminum frame
 Size: 168x60 cm
 Year of construction 2025


 "Portale del Tempo" represents an imaginary gateway suspended between past and future, where matter and light interact, creating a visual vibration. Giorgio Graesan's Euphoria plaster surface, with its textured and delicately nuanced texture, forms the backdrop for the bands of copper-colored diamonds that crisscross the work in a bold and rhythmic manner. The Rustix-effect edges lend a sense of antiquity, recalling the traces left by time on the material.
 The contrast between the smooth, gleaming surfaces and the rougher, oxidized ones illustrates the dualism between the modern and the archaic, between geometric perfection and the natural imperfection of corroding time. The work invites the viewer to linger on this symbolic boundary, as if standing before an ancient portal guarding memories and future possibilities.