icòna, ikona, εἰκόνα
2016
Atri(CH) ITALY
The world of icons would remain forever incomprehensible if it were approached with the usual tools of art criticism. Exempt from perspective, incompatible with the concept of dominant painting, the icon presupposes a metaphysics of images and light. According to the first words of Genesis, God "created heaven and earth", "creator of visible and invisible things" and this division of all creation into two parts has always been considered fundamental, although they are always in contact with each other. However, their difference is so great that the problem of the border that puts them in contact can not fail to be born, which distinguishes them but also unites them. Going down a step lower, and using for example the vigil and sleep we know that at the pass, before you cross the gap between the two territories, at the border where they touch, our soul is surrounded by extraordinary visions: the dream. The dream: "border between the visible world and the invisible world", place where the sublime is manifested, "place where things are products of light": only there and only in this way can you cross "The Giving Gifts" of the iconostasis.