Vincenzo Cohen

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The power of creation lies in its message because art can be a means to combat violence...

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Abyss - Marine Nature Collection, mixed media on canvas, 100x70
The theme of marine nature stems from the need to express own sense of belonging to the sea. In the artist imaginary the marine world is closely linked to the image of water as symbol of intrauterine reunion with the mother. The sea calls to mind memories of childhood, strengthens family ties, recalls the world of a lost naivety. The sea water erodes past memories, through a slow process of weathering. Marine elements like stones, seashells and sand represent the result of this process of mind erosion and biological sedimentation. The age of lost innocence back to the conscious mind through the recall of the original aquatic world. The artistic technique consists in creating a materical mixture made with plaster, sand, organic sediments like shells and inorganic substance of volcanic origin deposited on sea beds and ocean floor such as pumice stone and fine clay.
Striped hyaena - Extinction Collection, mixed media on canvas, 70x50
The artwork illustrates the striped hyaena, one of the four most endangered hyaena species. The theme recurs frequently in the artist production. The hyaena was known in the ancient world and was one of the first animals to be represented in the cave painting of primitive man and to represent the ancestral human fears. Ancient Romans called it "Crocuta" and they knew its nocturnal laughter, from which the term" hyaena ridens" comes. The striped hyaena evokes many superstitious fears because of reputed and documented cases of injuries to humans, killing of children and grave robbery. The species is often illegally killed because of supposed medical properties, therefore high prices are paid to be traded on the black market. It is widely exploited as an aphrodisiac utilized for traditional healing and killed because of damage inflicted on livestock. Indigenous cultures and folklore have always attributed magical properties to hyaena body parts used in witchcraft. The false beliefs about the hyaena's deadly nature and the contempt towards its eating habits have led to an indiscriminate persecution with an a regression in the species throughout its range (Hofer-Mills 1998b). Causes of mortality are poisoning, poaching, depletion of food sources, combat sports and hunting by nomads (HoferMills 1998, I. Khorozyan, A.Malkhasyan, M. Murtskhvaladze, 2011). Hyaenas are clever, inoffensive, shy and elusive animals, compared to what does generally people think. Nowadays, people kill hyaenas for the generalized hatred towards the gender. The love for this animal born in the childhood, when the artist saw for the first time the image of the animal on the alphabet book. The striped hyaena represents the power of matriarchy and the survivability in hard places, far from social aggregation conventional habits. The elusive and recurrent image of the hyena wandering along foggy coasts becomes a symbol of extinction, the central motif of both the collections Extinction (painting collection) and the Coast of skeletons (poem collection). Her ravenous figure embodies the image of ancestral human fears which force her to a wandering existence in remote and desolate areas to escape the persecution of man.
Lorenzo the Magnificent - Portraits in red and grey Collection, oil on canvas, 60x60
The artwork represents Lorenzo de Medici, illustrious Italian patron of the Renaissance. The work is part of the collection "Portraits in red and grey" produced between 2014 and 2021. The collection intends to show historical figures in the light of their cultural context. The source of inspiration borns from the sculpture in moving from three-dimensional to two-dimensional representation. The character represented stands as a symbol of the art and free thinking. It is an isolated figure in a neutral background, absorbed in an hermetic expression, to emphasize the need for psychological introspection.
Portrait of Lucius Junius Brutus - Italica Collection, oil on canvas, 50x50
The work represents Lucius Junius Brutus, the first Roman consul and founder of the first Republic after the fall of the Etruscan dynasty of the Tarquins. The portrait is inspired by the "Bruto capitolino", the famous bronze sculpture that is part of the Middle Italic statuary production (IV-III sec. BC). Portrait characterized by the great expressive force in its typically Roman connotations (hairstyle, profile, toga etc.) testifies to the "virtus" of the political man. The work is part of the collection "Italica".
Protection - Armored Corps Collection, oil on canvas, 60x70
The painting opens the series "Armored corps" and represents the fears of man, the defensive strategies of the ego, when the world looms outside and the only way out is closing in your own interiority. The swirling dynamism of the spiral brushstrokes symbolizes the inner torments of man within which irrational, instinctive and contrasting forces are wagging. The body stands as a fortress of itself, becomes a refuge and a simulacrum of the interiority.
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Vincenzo Cohen is an Italian artist and writer involved in nature conservation. He was born in Zurich (Switzerland) and after spending his childhood in South Italy he moved to Rome. In 2002 he graduated in Fine Arts and in 2007 he earned the degree in Archaeology from la Sapienza University in Rome. As a polyhedric artist, his production is the result of a continuous process of historical-scientific research directed to the representation of cultural content with a naturalistic and social background. The artist travels into Africa and Midle East to get inspiration for his artistic creations. His production ranges from figurative arts to writing by exploring different social themes by means of different techinques and styles.

 

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