Luca Coser's Melancholic Self-Portraits at Gilda Contemporary Art

Luca Coser (b. 1965, Trento) presents a new series of paintings at Gilda Contemporary Art in Milan, characterized by sophisticated white harmonies. The artist, who rarely reveals himself directly, allows his work to grow from a romantic and melancholic reliance on formative cultural images from cinema, art, and magazines that accompanied his development through childhood, adolescence, and maturity. Each painting becomes a shy self-portrait, with the path of the work remaining attentively uncontrolled. The exhibition is reviewed by Gabriele Salvaterra, who quotes a 2000 interview where Coser states his discomfort with self-revelation, preferring to show himself by putting himself on display.