In this self-portrait, Paulo Frade assumes the figure of Saint Paul, invoking the passage from Saul to Paul as an image of human transformation. The work approaches redemption not as an abstract theological idea, but as the possibility of conversion, the rupture between what one has been and what one may become. The artist places himself within that tension, making the self-portrait a meditation on fall, grace, identity, and the human capacity for renewal.
In this self-portrait, Paulo Frade assumes the figure of Saint Paul, invoking the passage from Saul to Paul as an image of human transformation. The work approaches redemption not as an abstract theological idea, but as the possibility of conversion, the rupture between what one has been and what one may become. The artist places himself within that tension, making the self-portrait a meditation on fall, grace, identity, and the human capacity for renewal.