contemporary art

Gisoo Kim/ The art of sewing images

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by Romina Ciulli and Carole Dazzi

Treebranches

In her works Gisoo Kim uses a unique photographic collage technique, assembling photographs through embroidery. The works of this Korean artist, now based in Germany, are in fact created by stitching together individual image segments, aiming to stimulate not only different perspective combinations, but above all different emotional reactions. Thus, a new reality unfolds before our eyes, composed of visual elements which harmonize and complement each other thanks to the embroidery woven with needle and thread. Let’s talk to the artist. Read more →

Open dialogues: Serena Ciccone

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by Margaret Sgarra, contemporary art curator

Vuoto Fecondo, 2024, dettaglio-installazione

Serena Ciccone is a visual artist who explores the ephemeral and transitory through light, transparency and color. Her installations are forms which manifest in space, suggesting dreamlike, fairy-tale and abstract imagery. She has participated in numerous exhibitions and projects, and is a finalist for the Combat Prize. Read more →

Mira Maodus/The creative power of colour

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by Romina Ciulli e Carole Dazzi

Les petits plaisirs

The works of French artist Mira Maodus of Serbian-Russian origin are characterized by complex interactions between shapes and colors, overlapping signs and numbers, giving rise to truly visual narratives with dreamlike and vibrant atmospheres. Her research, in fact, focuses on the very essence of the artistic approach, aiming to free the constraints of the sign in a free and universal creative context. Her professional career, which has evolved from figurative to abstract, includes a fifty-year stint at Atelier 11 in Paris where, through various stories and testimonies, she was influenced by the legacy of artists like Amadeo Modigliani, Chaim Soutine and Constantin Brancusi. Her works have been exhibited in galleries and exhibitions in countries such as Italy, France, Great Britain, the United States, China, Russia, Canada, and more. Let’s talk with the artist. Read more →

Ivan Arlaud/The poetic vision of everyday life

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by Romina Ciulli and Carole Dazzi

La Desserte, 2026

The paintings created by the artist Ivan Arlaud are set in those interiors where moments of everyday life take place, made up of simple details and familiar objects, and are characterized by a palette of vivid colors and contrasting shades, which immerse the viewer in warm and luminous atmospheres. And, although there is no trace of human presence, the images emanate a sense of serenity, telling us evocative stories which have just begun, and all yet to be invented. This is the case in Le maison de vancances (2026), La véranda (2025), Étude Table Composée (2024), L’appartment rue Girardon (2023), Nature Morte aux Citrons (2023), Nice (2022), and Choix de Poems (2022). Let’s talk about it with the artist. Read more →