Poseidon's Residence Was a Grand Beautiful Palace At The Bottom Of The Sea, Ignazio Moncada, 2000

Since 2002, an extraordinary canvas has stood in the Senate Hall of IULM University, capturing the attention of anyone who lays eyes on it. The work by Ignazio Moncada, one of the most eclectic and appreciated contemporary artists, is conceived as a tribute to pagan rites and mythological legends that fascinate the human imagination. Through its richness of detail, it conveys to the viewer a feeling of mystery and wonder. Vibrant colors and decorative elements blend harmoniously to create a work that evokes the immensity of the realm of Poseidon, god of the seas.

This majestic canvas, marks a significant turning point in Moncada's career. A creator and experimenter of painting techniques, an original interpreter of an abstraction based on the qualities inherent in color, over the years he has also devoted himself to large-scale public interventions but also to the use of ceramics, in a sculptural and decorative sense, as in the large intervention for the "Passeggiata degli artisti" in Albisola, and to other large-scale compositional solutions.