Title: Pelé Technique: Watercolor and ink Support: Canvas Dimensions: 30 × 40 cm Year of completion: 2009 Edition: Unique piece Signature: Signed on the front
This portrait does not seek to idealize Pelé, but rather to address his presence as a cultural phenomenon. The choice to combine watercolor with ink creates a tension between what is represented and what is remembered, between the physical body and its symbolic dimension. The figure stands firm, yet is crossed by other faces, other versions, as if different layers of history coexist within it. This painting speaks of the weight of fame, of identity multiplied by the gaze of others, and also of the act of drawing over what has already been painted: a way of insisting, reviewing, and looking again.
