Zoë Bernardi's 'I wanna be loved by you' at Mennour Explores Femininity Through Marilyn Monroe

Zoë Bernardi's solo exhibition 'I wanna be loved by you' at Mennour examines how femininity is constructed, transmitted, and transformed through images. The title, borrowed from Marilyn Monroe's song, sets up a tension between desire, manufacture, and projection. Bernardi's fascination began in childhood when she saw Monroe on television, experiencing confusion between fascination, distance, and impossibility. Monroe became a matrix for femininity—an industrial model reproducible to infinity. The exhibition opens with a self-portrait where Bernardi makes herself up as Marilyn, embodying the icon.