Also on view: Vasi

On the occasion of Contemporanea - Roma Gallery Weekend, T293 is delighted to host a special project by Isabella Ducrot "Also on view: Vasi” in the viewing room, featuring a focused installation of previously unseen works from her celebrated series: “Vases”.
Far from being simple containers, "Vases" in this series stand as archetypes, primary forms that traverse the history of humanity, creation, and preservation. The artist interprets them not as artifacts to be filled, but as entities full of emptiness, in which silence assumes a visual structure.
Each vase is different from the others, yet all share a common language made of essential geometries, deliberate asymmetries, and rhythmic repetitions. There is no room for error, nor for perfection for its own sake. Instead, there is a delicate balance between control and surrender, between intention and chance. The repetition of forms is never redundant but becomes a mantra, an act of devotion. Paper, chosen for its transparency and lightness, becomes the body of the work, its breath. Each fold, each ripple tells a story, a tension between what is visible and what is hidden.
Within the "Vases" cycle, there is also a broader reflection on the act of collecting, ordering, and contemplating. With an almost archaeological approach, Ducrot recovers symbols and forms from the distant yet always current past: her vases are silent witnesses of civilizations, bridges between East and West.