{"id":11177,"date":"2025-04-28T17:32:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&p=11177"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:29:32","slug":"window-down","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.dutygorn.com\/en\/artworks\/window-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Window down"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Window-down<\/strong> acrylic and markers on canvas 80×80 cm \u2013 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>

The work depicted depicts the letter \u201cG,\u201d DutyGorn’s distinctive symbol, and explicitly recalls graffiti made by the artist in the past. Through this choice, DutyGorn performs an operation of memory and reworking, bringing an element of his creative past back to the present day. The letter, however, is not simply repurposed: it is revisited, reinterpreted and embedded within a face, thus merging the symbolic dimension of the graphic sign with the more intimate and identity-driven dimension of the portrait. In this way, the artist creates a bridge between his own personal history in the world of writing and contemporary research. The gesture of repainting on canvas what was once traced on walls or train cars also becomes an affirmation of continuity and transformation: the past is not repudiated, but assimilated and enhanced through new languages and media.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

A bridge between memory<\/strong> and the present<\/strong>, where the past is not erased but transformed<\/strong> on a new surface.<\/p>\n<\/div>

\u2013 DutyGorn<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Artwork Information<\/strong><\/p>\n

Series<\/strong>
\nPortrait<\/a><\/p>\n

Year<\/strong>
\n2025<\/p>\n

Materials<\/strong>
\nAcrylic and markers on canvas<\/p>\n

Dimensions<\/strong>
\n80 \u00d7 80 cm<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>
\nMilano, Italy<\/p>\n

Exhibited at<\/strong>
\nJw Marriott, Venice, Italy<\/p>\n

Notes<\/strong>
\nUrban culture resurfaces on canvas through the letter \u201cG\u201d, a mark drawn from the artist\u2019s graffiti past and now embedded within the portrait. Window Down<\/em> transforms a gesture born on the street into visual memory and a new painterly practice.<\/p>\n

Themes
\n<\/strong>Portraiture, lettering, graffiti, trains<\/p>\n<\/div>