José Molina's 'L'acqua di Talete' at Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome

The Museo Carlo Bilotti in Rome hosts a solo exhibition by Spanish-born, Italy-based artist José Molina (b. 1965), titled 'L'acqua di Talete' (The Water of Thales), curated by Roberto Gramiccia. The show draws inspiration from the pre-Socratic philosopher Thales of Miletus and the museum's own history as the 'Casino dei giochi d'acqua' (Casino of water games) near the lake garden of Villa Borghese. Molina, an electronic engineer by training who has organized cultural events in private galleries and institutional spaces, presents a visionary body of work featuring theriomorphic (animal-like) creatures with uncertain, fluid, eccentric forms. The exhibition explores a dreamlike register between hallucination and metaphor, using a combinatorial imagination to reveal the redemptive power of art. The show is on view at the Museo Carlo Bilotti, located in the heart of Villa Borghese, Rome.