Henrique MAPS - Diptych: “Are U / Am I — Alone?”

Diptych: “Are U / Am I — Alone?”
Mixed media on paper | Diptych
Each piece: 38 × 30 cm, framed

两联画：“Are U / Am I — Alone?”
纸本混合媒介 | 二联画
每件作品：38 × 30 cm，装裱

Two paintings conceived as a dialogue between opposing voices.
两幅画被构思为对立声音之间的对话。

The dark and dense, poses the question outward — “Are U Alone?” — a figure trapped in a frame, surrounded by the noise of a crowded world that still feels empty.
黑暗而密集的画面把问题向外提出——“Are U Alone?”——一个被困在画框中的身影，被拥挤世界的喧嚣包围，仍然感到空洞。

The white and clear turns the question inward — “Am I Alone?” — the same solitary figure adrift in open, pale space, unmoored among scattered fragments.
白色而清晰的画面将问题转向内心——“Am I Alone?”——同一个孤独的身影在开阔、苍白的空间中漂泊，在碎片间失去着纽带。

Together they explore the tension between loneliness felt from the outside and loneliness felt from within — two sides of the same silence.
它们共同探讨来自外部的孤独与来自内部的孤独之间的张力——同一份沉默的两面。

Acrylic and ink on paper | Sold as a pair
纸上丙烯与墨水 | 成对出售

Painting sold by artist directly
作品直接由艺术家出售

Henrique MAPS (1994) is a contemporary visual artist working in painting and mixed media. His work combines figurative and abstract elements to explore identity, social structures, and cultural observation through bold compositions featuring humans, animals, and symbolic imagery.
Henrique MAPS（1994）是一位以绘画和混合媒介为主的当代视觉艺术家。他的作品通过大胆的构图，结合具象与抽象元素，探索身份、社会结构与文化观察，作品中常出现人物、动物及象征性意象。

Working primarily with acrylics, chinese ink, drawing, and collage on canvas, MAPS creates psychologically charged paintings characterized by layered textures, graphic elements, and recurring motifs of eyes, hands, and silhouettes.
主要以丙烯、墨、水笔绘画和拼贴在画布上创作，MAPS 的作品具有强烈的心理张力，特点是层次分明的肌理、图形元素，以及眼睛、手势和轮廓等重复意象。

His culturally conscious practice examines contemporary social dynamics while drawing inspiration from diverse artistic traditions including urban art, modernism, and expressionism.
他具有文化自觉的创作实践，关注当代社会动力学，同时从多元的艺术传统中汲取灵感，包括城市艺术、现代主义与表现主义。