Vincenzo De Cotiis follows classical artistic tradition by expressing depth on the surface of his artworks, through his gestural mark making. Crossing Over resembles the work of an ethnologist, documenting a formal timeline of mankind through cultural traces. Reinterpreting this history,
De Cotiis’ artworks become visionary symbols, summarising both contemporaneity and eternity.
“Crossing Over is a journey, an exploration in search of places that I have seen and spaces that exist in my imagination. I have pursued cultures in search of symbols and iconographies that overlap with my own. It is a research on contamination. All that is layered inside me, which belongs to me, and above all, that which I still have not yet encountered.” —Vincenzo De Cotiis