Daniela Monaci's Surreal Geographies at Tiepolo387 Roma

Daniela Monaci (Turin, 1954) presents a solo exhibition at Tiepolo387 in Rome, featuring works that transform real-world observations into lyrical, poetic, and secret superstructures. Her iconography recalls botanical drawings and medieval notebooks by Pisanello or Dürer, but she enlarges details, making them contemporary through a process of evolution and dismemberment. The exhibition includes clay installations derived from nautical charts of unknown lands and waters, with water as a psychological element symbolizing purification, death, and rebirth, referencing Gaston Bachelard's 1948 book L'Eau et les Rêves. Curator Giovanna dalla Chiesa describes the works as maps where small holes trace paths of the soul. The show runs at Tiepolo387 in Rome.