Sandro Cocco Artworks Imaginary Rooms
Artworks made in Indian ink and Watercolour. I started this series in 2005 by visiting a friend who had a surrealist painting on his wall that reminded me of the works of Giorgio the Chirico. The use of symbols to communicate with the viewer invited me to start this series.
About Me
Sandro Cocco
Artist
I'm born in 1973 in Antwerp in Belgium. My father was Sardinian and my mother Flemish. I started with studying Illustration (1993) where I learned the basic techniques: observation, light and shadow, perspective, color and the use of drawing and painting materials but I choose to study Painting (1994) the next year because I wanted to explore my personal expression. During my studies of Painting (1994-1998) I studied two years observation by nature: nude, still life and interiors that ended in blind observation drawings. But in the third year I started to make my own work. I started exploring 'Automatic Drawing' and soon began to explore other mediums like Printing, Sculpture, Installation and Video. In the fourth year I felt the need to explore narration and this resulted in graduating with 20 digital Photo-Collages. I continued three years to make collages (1999-2001). Because of this I decided to study Comic and Illustration in (2001-2003). I made a biographical Graphic Novel and published a few short stories but I felt like making some 'free' artworks again without any boundaries of expression. So in 2004 I started to make abstract 'Amorphous' drawings' again in 'Automatic Drawing mode'. In 2005 I visited a friend who had a Surrealist painting hanging on his wall. The use of symbols invited me to begin my ongoing series 'Imaginary Rooms' in which I use visual motives. For me it's some kind of diary in 'Automatic drawing' but I hope to communicate with the viewer.
