The artist sees this work as a tribute to one of his favorites films: Stanley Kubrick's "2001: a Space Odyssey". Even, today, he says, thirty years after it appeared, this film can be admired without any diminishment of its sense of wonder and appreciated for the manner in which it defines time as a frontier.

Taking the concept of historical time as its symbol, in this work the artist explored the metaphor by mixing another eternal and ethereal icon: Leonardo's Gioconda. The image was produced digitally, using mixing, retouching and 3-D programs. The original design of the space-suit (created by Harry Lange for the Kubrick film) was subtly altered by adding elements of La Gioconda's dress. It took two weeks to finish the illustration. This year this work was selected to be included in Spectrum, the prestigious annual of Fantastic Art..
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edit: 11/30/2004