Vanité – 217 envelops the skull motif in an intense field of blue, where saturated color and dynamic, splattered brushwork transform the image of death from a silent object into an almost eruptive force. Pasqua reconfigures the skull as a vessel of emotion and existence, striking a precarious balance between beauty and unease.

The work extends the artist’s ongoing reflection on the weight of life and the notion of the void, further deepening the Vanité series’ contemporary articulation of humanity’s ultimate questions.