Ambra Castagnetti's 'La Zona' Blends Tech and Arcadian Visions at Galleria Francesca Minini
Ambra Castagnetti (Genoa, 1993) presents her first solo show 'La Zona' at Galleria Francesca Minini in Milan. The exhibition explores posthumanism through hybrid bodies: limbs fused with aluminum, copper-enhanced spines, torsos wrapped in vinyl and dripping resin. Works include 'Hypnagoth' (2023), a sleeping head in beeswax; 'Wall City' (2023), a Japanese cityscape sinking into the gallery floor; 'Salina' (2023), salt busts of people close to the artist in classical poses on tree trunks; 'Brutal Viktoria' (2023); 'Ponycore series' (2023), small aluminum horse heads suspended; 'Scorpia' (2023); and 'Hungover' (2023). The installations incorporate moss and wood, creating an olfactory escape. Castagnetti evokes the atmosphere of Tarkovsky's 'Stalker' and a transhuman aesthetic, dreaming of a technological body that merges with nature in an arcadian dimension.
Key facts
- Ambra Castagnetti's first solo show 'La Zona' at Galleria Francesca Minini in Milan.
- Exhibition runs from July 2023.
- Works include 'Hypnagoth' (2023), 'Wall City' (2023), 'Salina' (2023), 'Brutal Viktoria' (2023), 'Ponycore series' (2023), 'Scorpia' (2023), 'Hungover' (2023).
- Materials include aluminum, copper, vinyl, resin, beeswax, salt, moss, wood.
- The show references Tarkovsky's film 'Stalker' and transhuman aesthetics.
- Castagnetti was born in Genoa in 1993.
- The exhibition explores posthumanism and the hybridization of body with technology and nature.
- The gallery space features a Japanese cityscape sinking into the floor.
Entities
Artists
- Ambra Castagnetti
Institutions
- Galleria Francesca Minini
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Genoa