In November the Rome-based Phillpean artist Jerico Cabrera Carandang traveled to Naples to create a majestic mural in the heart of the historic city center of Rione Sanità. The mural, titled in Neapolitan dialect “Tieneme Ca’ Te Tengo,” Holding Me Holding You is the result of a collaboration between the department of welfare and the association “Centro La Tenda” that works with disadvantaged youths in the area.
About the Mural
Embracing the idea of protecting a tight-knit community, Jerico’s mural is a stunning portrait of two children hugging, on a column close to the Maddalena Cerasuolo bridge that connects two of the city’s districts.
The two figures entwined in a hug is an emblem of solidarity and brotherhood that takes influence from expressionism and abstractionism and explores freely the mix between aesthetics and social matters. Jerico’s style is fascinating and steadily mutating, working on fragmented faces and shattered expressions, souls of a screaming existence. He also investigated the nature painted as plants, using cold colors as a symbol of chaos and transforming it into a mysterious interpretation of the human condition.
About the Artist
Jerico Cabrera Carandang was born in the Philippines and moved to Rome, Italy at the age of ten. He attended art school, where he laid out the foundations of his artistic career and immersed himself in the underground scene of the city, experimenting with mural techniques in order to create large works.
Images by David De La Cruz
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