Curated by Alice Motard, the exhibition is dedicated to Chiara Camoni and brings together a significant group of works from the collection of Silvia Fiorucci.<\/p>\r\n
The show also brings together works by Fantine Andr\u00e8s, Maria Loboda, Marianne Mari\u0107, Vibeke Mascini, Lionel Sabatt\u00e9, Adrianna Wallis and Yuyan Wang, selected and invited by Alice Motard to enter into dialogue with Camoni\u2019s work. Their contributions act as counterpoints, extending and complicating the reflections initiated by the artist\u2019s practice.<\/p>\r\n
The exhibition focuses on one of the recurring elements in Camoni\u2019s practice\u2014the flower\u2014to explore its subversive potential in its many forms: natural and symbolic, artificial and destructive, intimate and confessional. From this perspective, the project offers a new reading of Camoni\u2019s practice, highlighting its complexity while providing a counterpoint to the predominantly ecofeminist interpretations and positive values often associated with her work.<\/p>\r\n
Inspired by Charles Baudelaire\u2019s poetry collection Les Fleurs du mal<\/em>, the exhibition suggests that beauty finds its fullest expression when it also embraces its darker, unsettling and ambiguous side.<\/p>\r\n The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of Public Program events, offering further opportunities to explore the themes and artistic research addressed by the exhibition.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Chiara Camoni<\/strong> (Piacenza, 1974) lives and works in the Apuan Alps in Tuscany. Her practice encompasses drawing, botanical printing, video and, above all, sculpture, with a particular focus on ceramics. Her work often emerges through collaborative processes and practices of shared authorship, which in recent years have taken shape through Il Centro di Sperimentazione.<\/p>\r\n In 2026, Camoni represents Italy at the Italian Pavilion of the 61st International Art Exhibition \u2013 La Biennale di Venezia with the project Con te con tutto, curated by Cecilia Canziani. Her work has been presented at major Italian and international institutions, including Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan; CAPC Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art contemporain de Bordeaux; MIMA \u2013 Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art; Museo Patio Herreriano, Valladolid; GAM, Turin; Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto, and many others.<\/p>\r\n Alice Motard<\/strong> (Paris, 1978) is Director of CEAAC, a renowned contemporary art centre based in Strasbourg, France. Previously, she was Chief Curator at CAPC Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art contemporain de Bordeaux (2016\u20132021), Curator at Spike Island in Bristol (2014\u20132016), and Deputy Director and Head of Exhibitions at Raven Row in London (2008\u20132013). She holds a Master\u2019s degree in Curating Contemporary Art from the Royal College of Art in London and a Master\u2019s degree in Art History from Universit\u00e9 Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne and Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin.<\/p>\r\n Among the artists with whom she has collaborated are Caroline Achaintre, Julie B\u00e9na, Luca Bertolo, Michael Beutler, Isabelle Cornaro, Ruth Ewan, Anna Franceschini, Lubaina Himid, Anna Hula\u010dov\u00e1, Charlotte Khouri, B\u011bla Kol\u00e1\u0159ov\u00e1, Marie Cool, Fabio Balducci, Marianne Mari\u0107, Gareth Moore, Reto Pulfer, Florian Pumh\u00f6sl, Anne Laure Sacriste, Takako Saito, Samara Scott and Endre T\u00f3t.<\/p>"}]},"yoast_head":"\nBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n