Contemplations14 – 25 Feb 2025

The exhibition “Contemplations” originates from Ivo Cotani’s first experience in India, a direct, immediate encounter with a completely new world, where the research gradually transforms into artwork. Here, through direct immersion and without filters, Cotani leads us on a visual and conceptual journey, shaped by cultural impact and confrontation, in which every tension resolves itself in contemplation.
Art becomes the point of convergence where opposites cease to exist as opposing forces: contradictions dissolve, contrast is annulled, and the gaze becomes meditative. Cotani explores this equilibrium through a variety of languages: from paintings in the series “Cables”, which transform human chaos into visual geometry, to the “Concepts of Temple”, referencing the very etymology of templum, understood as an imaginary and sacralized space.

His works populate the space with enigmatic figures: the “Frivolous Rishi”, who lose their aura and mock their own wisdom, bored with proselytism; “Fragments of frames” that become relics of a mental architecture, that cannot contain the infinite; and an interactive installation, “I Am”, which invites the viewer not only to question their own presence and identity but also to abandon it, dissolving into a space that is pure contemplation.

Cotani transforms matter into vision, mark into thought, and contrast into synthesis. And in this imaginary space, everything becomes a temple.

About Artist

Ivo Cotani (b. 1991) is a visual artist, painter and performer, driven by a passion for the exploration and fusion of contemporary artistic languages. Born in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and furthered his studies in Madrid. Alongside his visual arts education, Cotani obtained a theatre diploma, which led him to work both as an actor and a playwright.

His work explores the intersections of history, culture, and contemporaneity, often through site-specific projects and mixed media. Cotani is constantly seeking a language that can be universal. He has exhibited widely in Italy, Spain, New York and Saudi Arabia. In 2019, he founded and became the artistic director of the “PHERSU Festival,” and he also leads Master classes on Creativity and Movement.

Cotani currently lives and works between Ascoli Piceno, Rome, and Spain.

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