This self-portrait of qargo transcends the assembly of simple Lego bricks to become a veritable allegory of self-construction. Each meticulously chosen piece, each carefully applied shade, symbolizes a fragment of existence – a moment in life, an emotion or an experience which, through its arrangement, reveals the complexity of human identity. Here, the artist doesn’t just construct a face: he builds an inner landscape, where the intimate dialogues with the universal.
Shades of blue, alternately soft and deep, invite us to plunge into introspection. The soothing light blue evokes the serenity of moments of clarity, while the darker hues recall the trials and shadows we all face. Each chromatic variation becomes a mirror of inner contrasts, an exploration of the dualities that make up the human soul: light and shadow, joy and pain, acceptance and resistance.
The choice of the number 13, often associated with transformation and the breaking of cycles, further anchors this work in the symbolism of metamorphosis. This is not a portrait frozen in time, but a representation of an identity in perpetual evolution, in search of meaning. Through this work, Qargo offers us a powerful reflection on the inexorability of change, and on the way in which each experience, however insignificant or significant, contributes to the vast construction that is the individual.
“Self-portrait” then becomes an invitation to contemplation, a visual meditation on how identity is woven from these small bricks, these interwoven moments of life. qargo reminds us that identity is never complete, that it is constructed over the course of moments, trials and rebirths. The work, like the human being, is in motion, and it is this dynamic of transformation that gives it its strength.
