Sisyphus Rock
2024
Concrete
25 x 35 x 25 cm
All images © Fábio Colaço
2024
Concrete
25 x 35 x 25 cm
All images © Fábio Colaço
Like other works, the title is the element that activates the work and, in this case, in addition to the robustness of the material it is made of - concrete - it directs the viewer to an inaccessible space, making them strive to discover what is inside the safe box. The allusion to the stone that Sisyphus carries in his mythological representation, a large and relatively ordinary rock, is transferred here to the safe box, a contemporary symbol of wealth. The referentiality of the title thus plays on the effort expended by human beings in the search for an ideal of non-existence that is unattainable for most people.