Human Scrooge, 2026

Vincenzo De Cillis  

In this green variation, the sculpture seems imbued with an almost organic energy, as if the figure had absorbed a precious, vibrant, and unstable sap. The duck, with its aristocratic bearing—top hat, elusive gaze, crossed arms—retains its authoritative posture, but something here pulses differently, more alive, almost electric.

Chrome green doesn't just reflect; it infuses. It evokes opulence, luck, growth… but also a certain ambiguity, a tension between desire and excess. The liquid surface captures the light, transforming it into a shifting flow, like a current gliding over every curve, distorting features until they become almost unreal. The face becomes a mask, the eyes hollow into deep reflections, and the character's identity dissolves into this hypnotic substance.

There is a subtle tension in this work between control and excess. The crossed arms attempt to contain, to master—but the material itself seems ready to escape, to flow, to mutate. The green acts as an almost instinctive signal, drawing the eye while instilling a disturbing, fascinating sensation.

It's a piece that oscillates between luxury and transformation, between a frozen icon and a living presence. A bold embodiment where wealth becomes fluid, almost toxic, and where the character, by dint of shining, ends up transforming.