[...] Spider’s Web offers itself on a meta-aesthetic plane. It is one of Distéfano’s fundamental pieces not only because of its intrinsic values but because of its key place in the development of his poetics.

A one-bloc piece, this mass is organised by the virtual spine of the torso that stretches out, in a decisive diagonal line, as if sticking out its head, which perches on a forcefully elongated neck.

Like a shroud, the transparent material drapes the livid flesh, the reddish wounds, but Spider’s Web has the force of a muffled yet audible scream, the audacity of life.

The transparent cast makes the volumes that it covers ambiguous, and the prismatic effect creates distortions that involve both the daring aesthetic resolution as the depth of its meaning. And the smoothness of the surfaces, the way in which the material captures light inviting touch, scares us with the macabre seduction of this magnificent piece. [...]