Ostuni 

Lino Tagliapietra's "Ostuni" is a glass sculpture where a delicate net pattern is encased within its form. This net, a symbol of capture and protection, echoes back to ancient fishing nets and even further to the spiderwebs of classical mythology, spun by Arachne. Consider how these webs, initially symbols of skill, metamorphose into emblems of entrapment and fate. The net, thus, becomes a powerful container, evoking the Freudian idea of repression, where the unconscious mind holds captive certain desires. Observe how the net in "Ostuni" is not merely a static pattern, but a dynamic presence, shifting and distorting. From the nets of fishermen to the psychological constructs of our minds, the evolution and transformation of this motif reveal the cyclical nature of human experience, continuously resurfacing and being reinterpreted.