19th of June 2024 - 2nd of January 2025
60 W × 50 H cm
Oil, linen canvas
60 W × 50 H cm
Oil, linen canvas
Compromise. At first glance, it’s a kind and reasonable word, suggesting the search for a shared solution, understanding, or vision. Cicero wrote that it signifies a “mutual promise” between disputing parties. In Latin, it’s understood as resolving a conflict through mutual and voluntary agreement, with both sides giving up part of their demands.
But is that concession always truly voluntary? How often do both sides fairly share the sacrifice, willingly cutting away part of their desires or needs? And are those sacrifices always equal?
Conflicts rarely arise mutually or simultaneously. More often, claims come from one side, while the other sacrifices part of itself, often going unnoticed. Is it worth believing that the goal of compromise justifies such losses?
Let us wish for this: that no one deceives themselves when making decisions and that the cost paid by the other side is always recognized.
