Cosimo Filippini
Cahier nr. 13 - Finestre
Artphilein Editions, Lugano — 2025
A series of photographs of Lake Lugano, taken over a decade, takes on new meaning when presented in frames that evoke the shape of windows: thresholds through which the gaze is invited to contemplate a landscape that is both real and imaginary. In these works, the artist’s autobiographical dimension is intertwined with a reflection on photography, used as a tool for dialogue with other visual arts disciplines, such as painting and sculpture. Through the device of the window, Filippini investigates how the relationship with space is constantly influenced, filtered, and transformed by the gaze and the work itself. The images thus activate a tension between real space and figurative space, generating a suspended visual territory that brings into play the relationship between observer, place, and representation.
