Antonio Obá
174 x 138 cm
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In the “Heroi do Fogo Interior” series, the artist accesses an almost circus-like imaginary world, where the characters are involved in a context of performing the humanly impossible, gaining attributes of heroism, bravery, strength, and courage, in an attempt to metaphorically sublimate their bodies in a narrative that embraces broader social situations. Thus, in the painting there is a subversion of the San Sebastian figure who, despite his wounded heart, heroically displays the arrow that hit him, but which, due to his impetus for life and resistance, he removed from his own chest.