Drunkenness

Drunkenness is a sculptural and installation artwork composed of a large coupe glass in which a child’s face, made of glazed terracotta, is placed. The head, partially submerged in beer, appears to float on the surface of the liquid, creating a visual tension between the purity of the childlike figure and the alcoholic substance surrounding it.

The choice of a child’s face symbolically refers to innocence, fragility, and the original nature of the human being. This innocence is here confronted with the world of alcohol, represented by the beer filling the glass. The partial immersion suggests a state of transition neither completely submerged nor fully free.

Through this juxtaposition, the work questions a common human behavior: the tendency to seek temporary refuge in alcohol when facing life’s difficulties. The image of the head immersed in beer evokes the idea of wanting to “drown” one’s problems. Yet, the scene also suggests the illusion of this strategy when the effect of alcohol fades, the problems remain, still present, waiting for the individual.

On a formal level, the contrast between the materials the solidity of ceramic, the transparency of glass, and the fluidity of beer reinforces the symbolic dimension of the work. This combination creates an installation that engages both visual perception and a metaphorical reading of escape, vulnerability, and the human condition.