I started a new series in December last year (2021). I have called the series "Head series. It is the first time that I try to depict a preconceived idea. Before that, since 1996, I always worked with the principle of 'écriture automatique' where I did not know what I was going to make in advance. I took a piece of paper and immediately began to draw on it in India ink. In this series I try to find a harmony with elements of my earlier work: the 'Amorphous' series and the 'Imaginary rooms' series. With this new series I am consciously trying to compose a visually strong image.
Sandro Cocco (1973) studied painting at the Karel de Grote Hogeschool and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent... Read more…