contemporary art

Open dialogues: Cenzo Cocca

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by Margaret Sgarra, contemporary art curator

Friscura

Cenzo Cocca, born in Ghilarza, has made embroidery his signature style, connecting threads and reflections. Trained at the Academy of Tailoring, he combines textiles with contemporary art, creating hybrid installations brimming with hidden meanings.

Your artistic research draws on embroidery and writing. Can you tell us why you chose these two visual modes in your work?

I think it was a very natural progression. In 2014 I decided to follow a dream: learning to sew. I started with a basic course and, the following year, in 2015, I chose to undertake an academic program that allowed me to delve deeper into the technique. Read more →

Monica Carrera/The gaze becoming narration

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by Romina Ciulli e Carole Dazzi

Sette cucchiaini per la fine del mondo (2020)

Monica Carrera’s artistic work is characterized by a minimalist language through which she investigates themes related to humanity, personal experiences, and the environment we live in. A conceptual art, indeed conceptually empathetic, intimate, and collective, achieved through the use of various mediums, but particularly photography. In fact, her photographic images are hybridized with other expressive forms and, transforming into installations or sculptures, they give life to true narrative works. Read more →

Open dialogues: Giada Degortes

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by Margaret Sgarra, contemporary art curator

Let’s interview Giada Degortes, a young Sardinian photographer and director, who through her artistic imagery, manages to blend real, powerful and collective stories with her own inner and personal experience.

What does photography mean to you, and what do you want to communicate with your works?

For me, photography is a powerful means of expression. We know well that our subconscious operates primarily through images, clearly memorizing shapes and colors even after a long time. These images are the invaluable pieces that compose our imagination, fueling our fantasy and influencing our choices. This is why visual communication is so powerful.

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Open dialogues: Marta Scavone

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by Margaret Sgarra, contemporary art curator

Time Expired, Bazaar of the Unconscious

Marta Scavone is an artist from Turin, born in 1998, who blends various expressive means to create visually and conceptually stimulating images. In 2017 she graduated in Fashion Design at the art high school and in 2020 she graduated with honors in Photography at the IED institute in Turin. Multidisciplinarity is a key word in her artistic approach. In fact, her work combines photography, fashion, artistic installation and theatrical performance with the aim of exploring contemporary themes in a conceptual and creative way. Read more →

Jo Hummel/The art of minimalism and repetition

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by Romina Ciulli and Carole Dazzi

Stars Wrapped in Skin II, 2025

The works of artist Jo Hummel are characterized by a minimalist balance, made of symbolic forms which recall spiritual concepts, and pastel colors that produce unexpected sensory vibrations. A geometric and layered construction, intentionally abstract, through which are investigated the themes related to the human condition, everyday life, repetition and subjectivity. Also paper is the preferred material she uses in her works, manipulated with scissors and other tools of everyday life, and with which pictorial collages are created. This, not only it reflects the constant flow of the creative process, but it also delve into the primitive dynamics of the human subconscious. Let’s talk about it with the artist. Read more →