"History is Us", the song said, emphasizing that History is the result of all of us and not just of illustrious figures. Within each of us, regardless of generation, exists an archive of memory, a secret place, distant in time, accessed through distant sensations, forgotten feelings, and thoughts. It is the search for one’s identity through the exploration of subtle and remote worlds, to be recalled within oneself and in the places of the soul.
Based on these premises, the idea arose to paint a large polyptych that would encompass all of this. An invitation to contemplation and imagination, which, beyond a personal journey, allows each viewer to discover their own stories in every room, face, and moment in time.
The use of transparencies, a recurring feature in Davide Querin's painting for years, helped the artist make feelings, thoughts, and memories visible that would otherwise remain unseen. In each of the sixteen paintings of this polyptych, nothing is depicted as it is in reality—neither people nor objects; everything is metaphysical matter and dreamlike dimension. Interiors merge with exteriors, the conscious with the unconscious, the real with the symbolic, in dimensions where time and geographical distances do not exist.
The Polyptych, titled Domino, measures 3 meters by 3 meters and consists of 16 paintings, 75 × 75 cm, arranged in four rows of four.
The composition of each painting continues into the neighboring panels—beside, above, and below. No element within the paintings is accidental, and each painting, even when separated from the others, maintains its own internal composition.
"Domino", whose emblematic name underscores the connection that exists among each of us through our own history, is an exhibition project of great visual impact, providing an effective representation of the principles underlying identity relationships.
Domino was recently successfully exhibited in Rome, on Via Veneto, at the cultural venue of the Argentine Embassy in Italy, in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine Government, Diana Mondino, high-ranking officials of the Argentine Consulate in Rome, Deputies, Ambassadors, and representatives of the Argentine Embassy to the FAO and the Holy See.
Domino was also featured on an entire page in "Borghi Magazine", part of the Most Beautiful Villages of Italy, with an article on the exhibition and its references to Umbria and the town of Trevi, with which the artist has a deep connection.
EXHIBITED FROM FEBRUARY 18 TO MARCH 13, 2026 AT PALAZZO TRINCI, FOLIGNO
