The Original Sin is a permanent public installation created for the historic village of San Pantaleo, Sardinia. The work combines mural painting, reclaimed objects and three-dimensional elements within the architecture of the building.
A monumental hand emerges from an illusory opening in the wall and holds an apple made from a reclaimed traffic sign. A serpent coils around the arm, while butterflies move beyond the painted space and across the façade. The biblical image becomes a reflection on desire, choice and responsibility rather than a literal representation of sin.
The work marks an important stage in my practice. Here, the discarded traffic sign is no longer read as a piece of urban infrastructure: its circular form becomes the apple, anticipating the transformation of road signs that would later develop through the TuttiFrutti collection and Urban Pixel.
By combining painting and assemblage, the installation shifts between illusion and physical presence. The recovered objects project from the wall, casting real shadows and disrupting the boundary between the depicted scene and the surrounding public space.
The butterflies introduce an image of fragility and transformation. Rather than offering a fixed moral conclusion, they leave the work suspended between temptation, consequence and the possibility of change.
Created 2019
Size 360 × 300 × 50 cm
Materials Reclaimed plastics, metal barrel, reclaimed traffic sign, discarded objects, broken automotive parts, screws, spray paint and acrylic paint
Rarity Unique
Medium Permanent public installation
Location via Maddalena, 20 San Pantaleo (OT), Sardinia, Italy
Map Reference Point 41°02'49.9"N 9°28'03.1"E
Commission Site-specific work commissioned for a public-facing space
Recognition Featured by Behance in the Street Art category, November 14, 2019
COMMISSIONED work in a public space
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