11/09/2026
Today we present the work by artist Giovanni Costa titled “ASTER THALASSIOS (STELLA DI MARE)”
🪸 The Mediterranean has always been an integral part of Giovanni Costa’s life and artistic imagination. In “Aster Thalassios”, he chose to evoke it through a starfish, transforming it from a simple natural element into an ancient symbol, almost like a presence resurfacing from the depths of time. Around it, he incorporates signs, spirals, gold, and motifs that freely evoke Mediterranean cultures and his native Sicily. He does not seek to reconstruct the past, but rather to gather its traces within memory and transform them into his own artistic language. The textured surface and ageing waxes contribute to giving the work the appearance of something that has been lived through and rediscovered. For the artist, “Aster Thalassios” speaks of the sea, memory, belonging, and time.
🎨 Giovanni Costa, a Sicilian artist originally from Taormina, explores painting through themes connected to the memory and symbolism of the Mediterranean. His artistic language emerges from the encounter between personal experience, nature, and the influences of ancient Mediterranean cultures, reinterpreted through a contemporary perspective. In his works, texture, color, gold, and symbolic marks come together to create a personal imagery suspended between memory and the present.