Paintings
Bodies of work, 1997–2026SEX BLUES 2023
Sex Blues explores the tension between beauty, desire, and identity through the image of the geisha, reinterpreted as a figure of strength and ambiguity. Inspired by the aesthetics of traditional Japanese tattooing and the symbolic language of Yakuza tattoos, the painted bodies become surfaces where stories, memories, and conflicts are inscribed.
Toni Alfano, Sex Blues (03), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 82x137 cm - (private collection - Milan, IT)
Toni Alfano, Sex Blues (03), 2025 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Milan, IT)
Toni Alfano, Sex Blues (03), 2025 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Milan, IT)
Toni Alfano, Sex Blues (01), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 117x90 cm - (private collection - Rotterdam, NL)
Toni Alfano, Sex Blues (01), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Rotterdam, NL)
Toni Alfano, Sex Blues (01), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Rotterdam, NL)
Toni Alfano, Sex Blues (01), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Rotterdam, NL)
Toni Alfano, Sex Blues (01), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail - (private collection - Rotterdam, NL)
Toni Alfano, Sex Blues (02), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, 140x105 cm
Toni Alfano, Sex Blues (02), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail
Toni Alfano, Sex Blues (02), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail
Toni Alfano, Sex Blues (02), 2023 - Charcoal/Descialbo/mixed media, detail