When a simple hobby turns into art, discovering the works of the Sanremo artist
Sanremo – Knowing how to carefully observe what surrounds us, capturing objects and sensations with the gaze, assimilating and composing everything by giving one’s own point of view, one’s own vision, these are some of the characteristics linked to an art born in the early 1900s and never went out of fashion: the collage. Not just an overlay of photographs, newspaper clippings, papers but a real art of matching that starts from the design up to the creativity of the assembly. To find out more, we met Monica De Tomi, an artist from Sanremo who expresses her art through the languages of collage.
“It all started as a hobby, now not really do without it – says Monica De Tomi – the works sometimes arise from a general idea or from a photo that particularly struck me and where the journey begins. Pieces are found, colors are combined and proportions are decided. Sometimes to compose my works I use a lot of pieces, other times I need very few ».
Tackling important issues such as the sense of time, love, respect for the environment, can be addressed through the multifaceted language of collage. In Monica’s works elements are juxtaposed that taken individually they seem to be dissonant but then seen together, assembled, they take on a vision, a different reality, unprecedented as for example in the work entitled “Green” jewels depicting animals coexist in harmony with the mystery and beauty of nature.
«I pay a lot of attention to editing, opposites attract and combinations are infinite – adds Monica De Tomi – some of my works have been done with only two subjects and then for example there is the series” Love is love for all “which it gathers all its forms of love. We therefore have filial love, passionate love, love for sport and many others. I remember that “Love is Love” gave the title to my anthology on the theme of love which was exhibited at the Cocoon Bar in Sanremo. I also have other exhibitions planned, I will keep you updated ».
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