Gonzalo Borondo — Autoritratto (Self-Portrait), 2023

Created in 2023, Gonzalo Borondo’s Autoritratto stands as a quintessential statement within the artist’s recent European trajectory—an image built not as a fixed likeness, but as an unstable, time-based experience. Constructed from ten engraved polyester plates layered in transparency, the portrait appears to materialize and recede simultaneously, shifting with light conditions, viewing angle, distance, and the movement of the observer. This technically exacting multi-layer process—one of Borondo’s most recognizable visual languages—places perception itself at the center of the work, turning self-portraiture into a meditation on presence, identity, and disappearance.

The piece has been presented as the focal work of 21ART’s exhibition program at Roma Arte in Nuvola 2025, reinforcing its curatorial significance and public visibility; arts media coverage has highlighted the gallery’s presentation among notable fair participants, a signal of institutional attention around both the artist and this body of work. Within Borondo’s market, engraved-plate works are particularly sought-after due to their complexity and the naturally limited number produced, factors that support scarcity and long-term collectibility. For collectors building positions in contemporary European voices with growing museum and curatorial momentum, Autoritratto offers a museum-grade, single-example acquisition with clear provenance through an established gallery context and a format that encapsulates the artist’s most distinctive research.