Art: Aurum Damnatio

It was born radiant within pure hands,

like a warm and sacred promise,

but desire opened its cruel bite

and turned the light into sepulchers.

Gold kept growing slowly

until it corrupted the pulse of life;

there was no longer a spotless soul nor escape

where its indifferent brilliance reigned.

The hands, once symbols of shelter,

learned the burden of greed,

and man abandoned his own harvest

while covetousness rose within his soul.

Then love itself lost justice,

and every coin traced the path,

leaving the heart without a single caress,

condemned forever to oblivion.

Hunger raised empty temples

where the gods wear dark suits;

there the weak are sold to the ruthless

for shadows fashioned out of dew.

And thus money, tyrant despot,

slowly devours the conscience;

for where the soul and decency perish,

gold unleashes the inhuman within man.

By León Vechhio

Size: Vertical canvas, 1.70 m high × 1.20 m wide, unframed;

Technique: Oil painting;

Status: Sold.

Code: LV-2011-001;

Year of Creation: 2011;

Author: Lucian Verona.