In « Primal », the opposition between vegetation and metal forms one of the central tensions of the work, both aesthetically and symbolically. This contrast sets the stage for a profound dialogue between the primal and the artificial, between that which belongs to raw nature and that which emerges from social and technological construction.

Vegetation, embodied by the crown of foliage encircling the head, evokes a return to nature, to the authenticity of being. It symbolizes the collective unconscious, archaic memory, spontaneous growth, and vital impulse. Plants, in their organic strength, represent a humanity still rooted in the earth, untouched by the artifices of the modern world. This encroaching nature seems to seize the body, as if attempting to reclaim a forgotten or repressed truth, a cry of instinct in the face of social constraint.

In contrast, the metallic skin, shiny as though wet, along with the gold teeth and eyes, introduces a mechanical and precious coldness. Metal evokes artifice, control, rigidity. It embodies modern society and its structures: industrial, cultural, and economic. Its gleaming surface reflects our contemporary obsession with perfection, image, and power, yet in doing so, it conceals a darker dimension, the primal scream buried beneath appearances. The gold, while evoking the sacred or the divine, also underscores the vanity and illusion of success, prestige, and material elevation.

This dialogue between the vegetal and the metallic generates a constant tension. It is not a simple clash, but a conflicted coexistence: the metal seeks to dominate, freeze, and contain; the plant insinuates, overflows, seeks to liberate. One imposes structure, the other disrupts it. Together, they provoke a fundamental question about the human condition: how do we continue to exist as living, feeling beings in a world that prioritizes control, performance, and rationality? How can we reconcile our instinctual nature with the constraints of civilization?

In « Primal », this interplay between metal and vegetation becomes a mirror of our times, a metaphor for our inner struggle. It symbolizes the paradoxical desire for elevation and mastery, and at the same time, the visceral need to return to our roots, to the unconscious, to a part of ourselves that modernity tries to suppress. This confrontation embodies not only a psychological reality but an existential urgency,  question about our ability to remain human in an increasingly artificial world.