Roberto Amoroso Presents 'Manipolazione di origine controllata' Exhibition in Venice

Artist Roberto Amoroso is presenting his exhibition 'Manipolazione di origine controllata' at the 10 & zero uno gallery in Venice from March 14 to April 18, 2026. The exhibition features a significant collection of paintings alongside sculptures, textiles, and video works, marking Amoroso's first major presentation of canvas works. Located near the Giardini della Biennale at Castello 1830 on Via Garibaldi, the show functions as a perceptual laboratory where different media interrogate each other rather than coexist harmoniously. The exhibition title presents an oxymoron that references controlled manipulation, addressing how digital images are generated, altered, and distributed in contemporary technological ecosystems. Amoroso's paintings originate from digital image fragments that lose their original function through the translation to painting, forcing viewers into a slowed, deliberate viewing experience that contrasts with typical content consumption speeds. Additional works include the 'Fake Muse' sculpture series, which transforms historically passive figures into resistant forms; the 'Mea Culpa' banner that engages military and religious imagery; and the video 'Behind the Curtain #2' that explores image accumulation and hybridization. The exhibition includes a critical text by Carlo Sala and photographs by Filippo Molena. Amoroso's practice examines how communication has assumed almost magical dimensions in an age of information saturation, where artificial intelligence makes reality less representable and more subject to regulation and manipulation. Rather than simply critiquing this condition, the artist advocates for a different kind of manipulation—declared and conscious—that serves imagination rather than control, making his approach ethical as much as aesthetic.