Zoophile Love – Contemporary Art by Antonino La Vela
Dimensions and Medium
40 × 40 cm · oil on canvas with mixed media
Zoophile Love proposes a deliberately provocative, research-driven image to question how affection, taboo and social tolerance are culturally constructed. Using a reduced primary palette and a direct composition, the work departs from Hypermodern Realism to invite critical reflection rather than spectacle.
The piece was triggered by public debate around representations of instinct and morality — see the article “Animal Instincts” by Thomas Francis (Miami New Times, 2009). By situating the scene against the luminous yet masking atmosphere of Miami’s South Beach, the work frames an allegory of intimacy and isolation, urging viewers to look beyond shock and toward ethical inquiry.
Rather than prescribing answers, the painting asks what happens when images cross the borders of acceptability. In this sense, the statement “love is love” functions here as a conceptual device to examine empathy, fear, and the limits of representation in contemporary culture.
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