De Cotiis’ use of cast white bronze and hand-painted sculpted Murano glass lies at the heart of this exhibition. Creating a dialogue between depth and transparency, these materials capture the essence of water—its density, fluidity and fleeting reflections. Light refracts across surfaces, generating an interplay of opacity and translucency, echoing the ever-changing motion of a pond where creatures drift, dissolve and reappear.
The artist sees the water lily as a motif that is both serene and restless, appearing in distorted forms with surreal, skeletal stems. As they float, stretch and dissolve into their surroundings, these elusive creatures shift between abstraction and organic presence. With works that recall elongated, fluid legs wading through an imagined pond, the installation is anchored in movement and blurs the boundary between sculpture and environment.
With the opening of Je Marchais Pieds Nus Dans L’Étang in New York, De Cotiis continues his exploration of material transformation, creating an environment where sculpture, light and memory converge. The installation exists in a state of flux, where forms emerge and dissolve, shifting perception with each movement through space. A specially curated soundtrack complements the exhibition’s serene ambiance.
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