EXUVIAE: Duplicitas

(Latin: “two in one”) 125 × 130 cm and 30 × 40 cm Acrylic, oil, canvas This diptych continues the series as an image of antagonistic division: consciousness evolved faster than the body itself. In the larger canvas, the figure remains trapped in prehistoric biology — the body is symbolic, the head dissolves into a mirrored projection. The smaller one holds a psychic fragment, where the mind already functions as an algorithm. Together they represent a rupture: the physical shell responds with primal instincts, while consciousness produces abstract concepts, digital strategies, artificial intelligence. This conflict leads to dissociation — and its shadow reveals itself as a refusal of self, and of reality.