SLEEPPING HEAD

A face without eyes is not blind: it looks within.

Facing this work, one immediately perceives the sacredness of silence. It is not simply the depiction of a resting face, but the tangible materialization of a dream.

Cancogni purifies the form of any superfluous anatomical reference: the eye sockets and facial features have been absorbed by the matter, for in deep sleep, the gaze is not directed outward, but slides entirely within itself.

The surface, polished and golden, becomes a perfect shell that serves not to describe skin, but to contain an inner light pressing to stay safe within.