Stefano De Paolis explores warmth and its absence in a topography of interiority. Stufa Ideale reinterprets domestic fire as a mute, white and granite architecture; Towards the kingdom presents a meditative self-portrait, absorbed in reading, which slowly emerges from a milky, veiled and suspended glow.

Towards the kingdom, 2025, pencil on paper, 34 × 44 cm; Ideal Stove, 2025, paper, aluminum, 91.5 x 265 cm