SILENZI/SILENCE: Ivan De Menis

Silenzi, is the first solo presentation of work by Italian artist Ivan De Menis with the &Gallery. De Menis was born in Treviso, Italy in 1973. The exhibition explores the artist's visual language, composed in colour and resin.

The artworks recall the relationship with time, where the search for a particular amalgamation of colours, along with the volume and sculptural finish, becomes the foundation of the work.

Ivan begins his artworks by applying layers of highly pigmented paint onto canvases which are then enclosed in plexiglass moulds. De Menis continues his process by pouring consecutive layers of resin into the moulds which are then strained and "released" after solidification, slowly increasing the artwork’s volume.