Inner Vortex is one of Maurizio Valch’s earlier bodies of work, developed from 2017 onward. The series reveals the inner force before it becomes territory. Through spiral movement, layered color and circular tension, these works explore an energy that is still forming: a force before horizon, before structure, before ground. The vortex appears as a visual field of emergence. It suggests rotation, depth, repetition and psychological movement, but also the first signs of a later territorial language. What appears here as inner force will later become strata, fault lines, horizons and ground frequency. Inner Vortex marks an essential stage in Valch’s evolution: the moment where painting becomes a field of energy, perception and genesis.
Stratified Faces is an earlier body of work by Maurizio Valch, developed from 2019 onward. In this series, the face appears as divided territory. The portraits are built through planes, fragments, cuts and chromatic sections, suggesting identity as something layered rather than fixed. These works explore gaze, presence, inner states and symbolic fragmentation. The human face becomes a field of strata: a surface where perception, memory and structure are divided into visible layers. Seen from Valch’s current practice, Stratified Faces anticipates the later language of territory, fault lines and sedimented structure. What appears here as a fragmented face will later expand into landscape, horizon and ground frequency.