From Plato's Cave to the Dichotomy of a Deadlock - IV

This is the fourth version of works based on “Plato's Cave,” an excerpt from the text “The Republic” written by the Greek philosopher Plato (c428-c348 BC). The text describes the situation of some men trapped in a cave with their backs to the cave opening and unable to look back or sideways. Thus, their only conception of the world is represented by the sounds they hear and the shadows they see of people passing in front of the cave and projecting them onto the wall in the background.

The painting has the shape of a diamond and the central area shows the exact moment when one of the men get free and grasp the reality of the world. The other geometric parts of the painting show some images of the ancient and contemporary societies.