MONS TROSITIES at Il Forte Arte Milano: between form and coincidences.
- Noemi Cattaneo
- Jun 6
- 3 min read
Updated: Jun 8
The works by Mons and the Diva lamps by Dedicato Design inhabit Il Forte Arte Milano from May 27 to June 12 as a space of resonance, where different languages activate one another and generate a field of relationship and dialogue.
Curated by Noemi Cattaneo
A doorbell rings amid the chaos of Milan, quietly slipping into an inner courtyard and revealing, once the main entrance is crossed and the stairs are climbed, its origin in a jewel-like apartment on Via Santo Spirito: a space that, within its walls, holds different times, rhythms, and visions.
Il Forte Arte Milano is in fact a point of convergence devoted to artistic beauty, where different timelines have the opportunity to meet and become acquainted. Here, the present of history and the mark of contemporaneity coexist without overpowering one another, refining the gaze and opening it up to divergence.
From May 27 to June 12, Forte Arte Milano hosts the exhibition MONS TROSITIES. Mons’ imagery takes shape through graphic works characterized by an essential, Bauhaus-inspired geometry, populated by animal symbolism, a fauna belonging to a harmonious and shared ecosystem.
A graphic universe in which the stillness of the line is accompanied by the movement of video projections and an original soundtrack by the artist, which accompanies and suggests the atmosphere.
This creative humus becomes fertile ground for new relationships and genuine correspondences. It is in this context that the encounter with Dedicato Design and its Diva lamps emerges: a spontaneous dialogue based on the mutual listening of forms, where light, image, and matter coexist in a balance that is both natural and artificial at the same time.
Thoughts, images, sounds, and visions intertwine and instantly reflect one another at their point of contact.
The Diva lamps by Dedicato Design originate from a deeply relational process. Each piece is conceived as a bespoke work, shaped around the passions, memories, or identity of the person for whom it is intended. Light thus becomes an intimate device of reflection and recognition: it not only illuminates space, but becomes a mirror of fragments of identity in the eyes of those who choose it and of the space it inhabits.
And it is precisely within this relational dimension that the Diva lamps come into dialogue with Mons’ art. The works do not end within their own boundaries but extend into one another through a simple, natural, and sometimes accidental gesture, as clearly stated in Mons’ work: “I can obtain everything I do not want.”
It is by embracing the beauty of coincidence that one becomes free to open up to new imaginaries, in which the shadow reflections of the Diva lamps can become fly eyes or snake scales depending on the graphic work by Mons they reveal, and on the surface of the space at Il Forte Arte Milano that hosts them.
The interaction between Mons’ works and the Diva lamps arises from a natural coexistence of form and meaning: the reflected shadows of the lamps, falling onto the graphic works, generate additional signs, new visual stratifications, and narrative possibilities.
Light does not merely illuminate, but becomes part of the composition itself, transforming the space into a field of both real and imaginative relations, made possible by the graphic abstraction of Mons’ forms, which convey their essence and leave it to us to assign them concrete details through imagination.
Visitor information:
Location: Il Forte Arte Milano (Via Santo Spirito, 7) Dates: May 27 - June 12, 2026. Opening Hours: Tuesday - Friday: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM / 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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