Selfportrait

Having reached the summit of his artistic adventure, Celada creates this famous self-portrait, in which the Luciferian painter is pleased with his mastery and is depicted while, with the raised brush, he is preparing to give the last touch to a perfect work. It is a picture of extreme realism, but also rich in metaphysical suggestions, as denounced by the background in which the elements of the room are synthesized .The lying mannequin is a clear quote from De Chirico. In fact, the extraordinary technical ability of the painter determines not the reality, but the illusion of reality. The look fixed and the half smile, the jacket simple but cleverly modeled between shadows and lights ... Everything contributes to the mysterious aura of the work, well symbolized by the red curled curtain, which seems a theatrical rest and alludes to the infinite and deceptive representation of the universe.