Diaz Alama CANTO XIII. The Suicides
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About This Work
In *CANTO XIII. The Suicides*, Jordi Díaz Alama revisits Dante’s *Inferno* with a contemporary painter’s urgency, translating Canto XIII’s metamorphosis of bodies into trees into a visceral meditation on trauma, agency, and despair. Executed with commanding draftsmanship and virtuoso oil technique, the composition fuses classical figuration with a cinematic chiaroscuro, where flesh, bark, and shadow interlock in restless motion. Díaz Alama’s layered glazing and assertive brushwork heighten psychological tension, creating a tactile surface that feels both devotional and unsettling. By reanimating a foundational text of European culture, the artist frames suicide not as spectacle but as an ethical inquiry—an image of collective vulnerability resonant in today’s discourse on mental health.
About the Artist
Jordi Diaz Alamà was born in Granollers in 1986, he graduated from the Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona. He also trained at the classical art schools, such as the Florence Academy of Art (Florence) where he learned the techniques used by the great masters of 19th-century painting. Jordi ...
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