About the work

There are no straight lines here. There never were.

In Morphe, Di Nicolantonio pushes the organic architecture of the Futuropia Cities series to its most geological extreme a dense accumulation of rounded volumes stacked and interlocked with the patient logic of crystal formation rather than human planning. Domed shells nest against elliptical cavities; curved openings breathe green into the mass from every angle; pathways loop beneath overhanging forms like riverbeds finding their way through rock.

This is not a building that was designed. It is a building that was grown layer by layer, volume by volume, each new form pressing against the last and finding the path of least resistance, the way stone does, the way coral does, the way cities do when they are left alone long enough to become themselves.

Di Nicolantonio's line work reaches maximum density here every surface is alive with hatching, every curve confirmed by its shadow. The watercolour green does not decorate the architecture. It colonises it. And the architecture, for its part, seems entirely comfortable with the arrangement.

Morphe is the most tectonically complex work in the Futuropia Cities series. A city that has forgotten the difference between structure and landscape.

An original drawing from the Futuropia Cities series by artist-futurist Sébastien Di Nicolantonio.

Edition Unique original — one of a kind

Signature Hand-signed by the artist

Authentication Sold with certificate of authenticity and gallery invoice

Technique Original drawing — pen and watercolor on paper

Dimensions 29.7 × 42 cm — A3 format

Framing Unframed — framing available upon request