60x100 
mixed tecnique on canvas
2021

Saw a Guy
dying in the Metro
people were ignoring him
he could have been you.

"Sconosciuto sul punto di morte"

 50x40 cm
Oil and paper on canvas 
2021

it could be you
it could be me
is not holy

"Unknown Head No. 1"

 50x40 cm
 acrylic, clay and paper on canvas 
2021

Art is tired
alone
without a public
stuggling
like you
she is still living

"Unknown Head No.2"

" Simulacro"

120x160 cm 
mixed technique on canvas
2021

(English follows Italian)

Facce accartocciate
Nella metro
Respirano con gli occhi

Una larva striscia sulla tela
Sola inconsapevole
Di essere 
Sul punto di morte
Più viva di quelle figure strappate 

Popolo senza volto
Inghiottito dall'oscurità
Fa intravedere 
Maschere di corpi



Crumpled faces
In the metro
They breathe with their eyes

A larva crawls on the canvas
Alone and unaware
Of being 
On the verge of death
More alive than those torn figures 

Faceless people
Swallowed up by the darkness
Giving a glimpse of 
Masks of bodies

"Coro di Maschere"

 90x208 cm
Oil on canvas
2021


My Name is Araiké Severino Da Silva, italo-brasilian artist living in Berlin. 
The Work I do Is about strangers, commuters, unknown people which I cross the path with.
 The identity, the perception of death and the role of the individual 
in the society are the main themes that concerns my research.  

The reason why I am deeply intersted about those themes 
is because It makes me rethink about the world around me 
and the perception we have of it. 

I tend to collect fragments of the surroundings through 
photography and drawing.
The Painting Process comes from looking at that material, reflecting about it and reinterpreting it
in an intimate way, based on the memory of those moments.

The (In)visible inspires me, what we usually see every day but 
often do not pay attention to: The misery of homeless, the workers 
in the Subway, the passing crowd of a demonstration, the anonymous faces and the sparkling eyes breathing under a mask. My goal is to show people themselves but from the outside. 
I would like them to reflect about the contemporary changing 
perception of death and our existence in relationship 
to the society in which we are living.

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