In this terracotta sculpture, Arestakes captures a moment of absolute serenity: the one that follows a bath, when the body relaxes and the soul soothes. The female face, with closed eyes, seems suspended in a state of gentle introspection, as if absorbed by inner silence.
The slightly irregular texture of the material, worked by hand, reinforces the sensitivity of the work. The sober and expressive modeling gives life to a delicate, universal, almost meditative presence.
After the bath evokes that moment of returning to oneself, intimate and precious, where one is both vulnerable and fully oneself.
