Autoportrait with computer

Tempera and watercolours on paper, cm 18,5 x 11

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Gabriele Tagliaferro

The image is repeated four times in different colours, and it is inspired by Andy Warhol's seriality. It represents Gabriel himself when, sitting in front of the computer, he finds the possibility of writing what he thinks thanks to the Facilitated Communication.
In fact, a form of autism leads him to doing "waht he doesn't want to" in the difficulty of making thoughts, acts and words coincide with his will.
But the way leading to a full communication is possible, and Gabriele found it with "The Friends" in his home in Rome, from whose window, like in the painting, you can see San Pietro's dome.