Looking at the last series of portraits by Fabio La Fauci it is impossible not to reflect on how much we are attracted by what we do not know, what we can not see. In Is It You?  the Italian artist based in Berlin covers the faces of each portrait with a thick layer of molds for modeling in ceramic mixed with acrylic.

From these works, Fabio’s passion for artistic movements is evident, such as surrealism, expressionism, abstractionism, and minimalism that perfectly match with his idea. In a world saturated with images, in which our curiosity is always satiated beyond measure, his figures with their face covered leave a frightful sense of disorientation in the viewer. This feeling is even more excruciating precisely because the face is hidden.

We will never know the expressions of the people portrayed, we will never see them in the eye.