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Corina Cohal (aka Korinne Kohal) Iasi, Romania 1980. She lives and works in Turin.
She graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Turin.
Recurring subjects in her works are life, death, motherhood, the time that “Stain” and “removes stains” the existence in a perpetual cycle of injuries and healings. Inspired by small daily events she embarks on an introspective work which wants to convey a message that from individual becomes universal.
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In the project “Pax Mundi” the artist wants create a mini oasis where to stop, reflect, think, pray … It is an olive grove in miniature formed by thirty bonsai trees, a contemporary reinterpretation of the garden of Gethsemane. A microcosm inside the Park of the Isola Borromeo where make a journey into one’s self. In fact, the olive tree has been chosen as a symbol of peace, fertility and longevity, three conditions in which the human being aspires and dreams forever.
People have the power to change and bend nature according to his own interests, but often they forget to do so respecting its sacredness and understanding that are part of a wonderful universe.
