Cecilia Sammarco's Tetrapride Project: Art as Response to Disability
Italian artist Cecilia Sammarco, after a spinal cord injury from a 2019 car accident on Ponza, created Tetrapride, a visual project using illustrations to propose new models and protagonists related to disability. The project, born at Niguarda Hospital's spinal unit in Milan, aims to develop a new visual culture of disabilities. Sammarco, who studied architecture in Rome and illustration at MiMaster in Milan, cites influences including Pablo Picasso, Paolo Soleri, John Zabawa, and Blanca Miró Skoudy. In 2019, she exhibited at Miscelanea gallery in Barcelona with the show "El Fenomeno Imprevisto." Tetrapride, currently on Instagram, plans to become an association to fund disabled artists and create empathetic informational panels for hospitals. Sammarco is also reinterpreting historical artworks through a disabled perspective.
Key facts
- Cecilia Sammarco suffered a spinal cord injury in a car accident on Ponza in June 2019.
- She spent over a year in hospitals in Latina, Imola, and Milan (Niguarda spinal unit).
- Tetrapride is a visual project proposing new models related to disability.
- Sammarco studied architecture at Roma Tre University and illustration at MiMaster in Milan.
- She exhibited at Miscelanea gallery in Barcelona in 2019 with 'El Fenomeno Imprevisto'.
- Her artistic influences include Pablo Picasso, Paolo Soleri, John Zabawa, and Blanca Miró Skoudy.
- Tetrapride aims to become an association to fund disabled artists and create hospital panels.
- Sammarco is currently reinterpreting historical artworks from a disabled perspective.
Entities
Artists
- Cecilia Sammarco
- Pablo Picasso
- Paolo Soleri
- John Zabawa
- Blanca Miró Skoudy
Institutions
- Miscelanea
- MiMaster Illustrazione
- Niguarda Hospital
- Spazio Vita
- Artribune
Locations
- Ponza
- Italy
- Rome
- Latina
- Imola
- Milan
- Barcelona
- Spain
- Arcosanti
- Arizona