Three Faces of Silence

“Three Faces of Silence”
Acrylic on canvas
Year 2025
Size 100 x 80 cm
Certyficate number A20K25E00146
Catalogue number TA202510080146
Painting for sale
Varnished painting
Price : 767 EUR

“Three Faces of Silence” presents three monumental faces that look as if they have been frozen in stone. Their heavy, austere form evokes a sense of permanence, but also of confinement, stillness, and loneliness. The figures seem to exist beyond time — as traces of past experiences preserved in matter.
Each face conceals similar emotions: pain, sadness, fear, tension, and inner confusion, yet each experiences them differently, giving them its own unique expression. These feelings are not shown directly. They remain deeply hidden, as if unable to find release.
Silence here does not mean peace or emptiness. It is a heavy, painful silence, filled with accumulated experiences. The figures appear as though they want to say something, but cannot.
The deformed mouths are especially significant — they resemble the trace of a voice that has never been heard. They are a silent scream, held in the body and imprinted on the faces of the figures.
The dust surrounding the heads emphasizes the chaos of thoughts, exhaustion, and emotional burden carried by the figures.
The stone-like form further strengthens the sense of imprisonment. Stone is associated with something hard, motionless, and resistant, but also with coldness and loneliness. The figures cannot move, speak, or free themselves from what they carry within.
The painting presents silence as a difficult and dramatic experience — as a necessity to hide what is most personal and painful. “Three Faces of Silence” reminds us that what remains unspoken can hold immense power — sometimes greater than words themselves.