The Totem

This totemic figure arrives as a carnival of perception—an amused, mask-like face crowned with prismatic peaks, while oversized ears and spiral “listening” forms bloom like antennae for the world’s noise. The composition is rigorously symmetrical yet emotionally unstable, its candy-bright planes and shadowed contours suggesting a psyche assembled from many voices, memories, and roles. Against the vibrating red field, the grin reads as both invitation and defense, turning joy into a deliberate performance and making the act of hearing feel as powerful—and as perilous—as speaking. What emerges is a portrait of heightened sensitivity: a being tuned to the frequency of desire, attention, and the constant theater of modern communication.