Corinna Gosmaro's Delusional Beliefs at The Gallery Apart

Corinna Gosmaro (born 1987 in Savigliano) presents her latest solo exhibition, 'Delusional beliefs,' at The Gallery Apart in Rome. The show continues her investigation into the gap between reality and perception, inspired by the true story of the Martian canals allegedly discovered by astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli in the late 19th century. Decades of science fiction literature, from Guy de Maupassant to Philip K. Dick, H.G. Wells, and Ray Bradbury, have highlighted the tenacity of what was merely an optical illusion. Following art historian Ernst Gombrich, Gosmaro uses this as an opportunity for an elegant theorization on archetypal images at the root of visual conditioning and cognitive processes. Her usual formal control over complex meanings reaches full maturity here, skillfully incorporating biographical data and enriching the visual language with a fertile discursive and historical dimension. The exhibition includes the work 'Nesting' (2023), photographed by Giorgio Benni.