In Rafael Silveira’s Eyeconic Couple (2025), a man and a woman gaze out at us from two twin ovals, enclosed within a single carved frame that holds, at its center, a heart made of intertwined wood.

The hypnotic monocle of these two characters evokes the idea of a couple who, while maintaining their individuality and differences (he in a suit and tie, she in pearls and a red dress), merge into a single perceptual act. In Eyeconic Couple, Silveira suggests that perfect union lies not in the absence of identity, but in the ability to see the world together.

The surrounding botanical elements, tropical flowers and leaves, enhance this feeling: like a secret Eden, the couple becomes an archetype of natural harmony, at once familiar and mysterious. The finely carved frame, with the heart at its center, completes the metaphor: love as root, a bond carved into time and shared vision.