Il mare e l'infinito

The Galleria d’Arte StudioCiCo is pleased to present the group exhibition “Il Mare e l’Infinito” ("The Sea and the Infinite"), scheduled from September 15 to 29, 2025, at the venue in Via Gallese 8 in Rome. The inauguration will take place on Monday, September 15 at 6:00 PM.

The exhibition, curated by art critic Piero Zanetov, painter and curator Cinzia Cotellessa (artist and artistic director of the Gallery), and Dr. Melissa Fenti, arises from the encounter of two symbolic and universal dimensions: the sea and the infinite.

The sea, with its unfathomable vastness, has always been a place of fascination and mystery, a mirror of human emotions, a symbol of freedom and travel. The infinite, a horizon that eludes and opens beyond every limit, represents dreams, imagination, and the tension toward the beyond.

“And it is sweet to shipwreck in this sea” writes Giacomo Leopardi in L’Infinito. The poet thus links the immensity of the infinite to the sea's flow, a metaphor for an abandonment that becomes contemplation and sweet bewilderment. For Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick (1851), the sea also becomes a symbol of search and obsession: “Consider the sea! It is an image of the infinite.” Moreover, painter Vincent van Gogh in a letter to his brother Theo (1888) wrote: “The heart of man is very much like the sea: it has its storms, its tides, and in its depths, it also has its pearls.”

There are over thirty artists on display: Alicandri, Avvisati, Bacci, Baldelli, Barca, Borrelli, Battista, Carniti, Casotto, Capuano, Ceribelli, Cotellessa, Corradini, Di Stefano, Frustaci, Giambitto, Granati, Hagenga, Imiklis, La Rocca, Monopoli, Pellacani, Pietrangeli, Quercia, Ricci Piccirilli, Riha, Sacchetti, Trani, Tufano, Turlinelli, Virgili, Zumbolo.

Through painting, sculpture, photography, and multimedia installations, the involved artists propose an immersive and multisensory journey that invites reflection on these themes. Each work is a landing and a departure, a dialogue between the visible and the invisible, a fragment suspended between dream and reality.

To emphasize the meaning of the exhibition, curator Cinzia Cotellessa states: “The sea and the infinite are images that push us to look beyond, to not stop in front of visible boundaries. This exhibition is an invitation to sail within ourselves, to search deeply and to let ourselves be surprised by the unpredictable vastness of art.”

“Il Mare e l’Infinito” is not just an exhibition, but an experience of contemplation and discovery, an invitation to let oneself be carried away by larger forces, both mysterious and universal.
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