For Antide, each artwork goes beyond its material form. Wood, stone, metal, or canvas all enter into dialogue with gold leaf, but also with words. The texts that accompany his creations are not simple descriptions: they extend the experience, opening a new space of resonance.
This writing, both poetic and introspective, reveals the hidden soul of the works. It offers viewers an entry point into the emotion and intimacy of the artistic gesture. Reading these texts is like stepping into a mirror where visual art and literature intertwine, becoming a single creation.
The link between words and images is ancient. Since Antiquity, poetry has sought to translate visual emotions into language: Homer described the brilliance of bronze and gold, while Ovid turned materials into symbols in his Metamorphoses.
Later, Symbolist poets such as Baudelaire spoke of “correspondences” between the arts, where painting called for words, and words evoked colors and forms.
In the history of art, too, text and image have long been entwined. Illuminated manuscripts combined visual power with literary beauty, while the Surrealists blurred the lines between literature and the visual arts, affirming that creativity cannot be confined to a single discipline.
In Antide’s work, this tradition is renewed. Words, like gold, capture a fleeting sensation, hold onto the light, and preserve an instant. They say what material alone cannot express, inviting each person to reflect on time, beauty, and eternity.