Fantasia e Realtà - scontro armonioso tra due mondi opposti

From August 28 to September 3, the Church of the Holy Spirit in Ostuni will host the two-person exhibition “Fantasy and Reality,” an evocative artistic dialogue between Cosimo Di Dio and Franca Gallone. This event offers a reflection on two different ways of interpreting the world through art.

Franca Gallone is distinguished by her realist painting, which faithfully captures landscapes and everyday scenes as they appear before her eyes. Her work is based on careful observation of reality without alterations or distortions, rejecting one-sided perspectives. Her paintings portray the world in its most authentic and tangible form, offering viewers a direct and sincere experience of everyday life and the places that surround us.

In sharp contrast, the works of Cosimo Di Dio are displayed on the other side of the church, characterized by bold color and radical abstraction. His compositions are dominated by straight lines and geometric shapes such as squares, rectangles, triangles, and circles. Di Dio completely eliminates the three-dimensional dimension, creating surreal spaces in which visible reality disappears. Simple forms combine in subjective ways, giving rise to imaginary and evocative universes that invite a more intellectual and symbolic interpretation.

“Fantasy and Reality” is therefore a harmonious clash between two opposing yet complementary worlds: Franca Gallone’s concrete and observable world and Cosimo Di Dio’s imaginative and abstract one. The exhibition invites the public to engage with these differing visions, encouraging deep reflection on how art can interpret and represent the complexity of existence through languages that are so different yet equally powerful. It is a unique experience for art enthusiasts and for anyone wishing to explore the boundaries between what we see and what we imagine.
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