The topic of the closed door in art is abundant. Many artists were fascinated from the mistery and the symbolism of a closed door. Ghiberti made one of the most impressive examples in the Renaissance, then Donatello chose the same motive for his "Annunciation". Maybe one of the most popular doors comes from Rodin: "The Gates of Hell" highlight Dante's Inferno as a romantic source of inspiration. In my personal version, the primary source is Ghiberti's "Porta del Paradiso" in Florence. Instead of the biblical scenes I have chosen images that describe the burning issues of our time (climate change, the power of the empires, violence and revolutions, the pandemic myth and wars...), and instead of the saints and the prophets on the sides, I have preferred artists and intellectuals who have influenced or represented the course of the modern Western history from my personal point of view (all in all, 44 heads and statues). They also give us the key to understand and foresee the development of the new millenium ahead... and open that door without fear.

The mirror is inspired by the one hanging in the famous Bosch's painting "Arnolfini portrait". the curved surface of the mirror is mesmerising. The 10 circle around refer to the Fibonacci sequential numbers. 

Follows Athena's shield: it is showing the pattern of an ancient Persian shield in the background, but instead of the head of the Gorgon Medusa - as usual in the ancient iconography - the head of Catwoman is screaming toward us. Oriental values and Western values are confronting each other.