Master Stories: “Tales of the Intimate and the Censored”
In the age of social media, the representation of intimacy and festivity has mutated.
towards the ephemeral and the selective. "Master Stories" proposes a dialogue between tradition
pictorial and contemporary digital culture, taking classical paintings as a starting point
such as Rubens's "The Feast of Venus" and other works that have captured scenes of
celebration and sensuality without restrictions.
Through fragments of these compositions transferred to small frames
vertical layout format—simulating the format of Instagram stories—
creates a parallel between the way the old masters portrayed the festive and
how we select what to share today and with whom. Each piece also incorporates the template
visual of an Instagram story, in which the "best friends" icon frames the
scene, suggesting a new layer of privacy and exclusion.
This series also reflects on censorship and the transformation of the limits of what can be represented.
In the past, naked bodies were celebrated in painting without restrictions,
while nowadays social networks hide or delete them. Thus, the irony is
makes present: How would painters of yesteryear share their stories in the digital age?
The answer is materialized in each profile image within the works, where the artists themselves
Masters of classical art become storytellers of their own visual legacy.
With a playful and critical approach, "Master Stories" invites us to rethink the way in which
The representation of the human has been shaped by the times and platforms, putting
the border between the public, the private and the forbidden is in tension.