Donata Lazzarini and Bruno Muzzolini's 'Déladelmur' at Artericambi
The exhibition 'Déladelmur' at Galleria Artericambi in Verona pairs Donata Lazzarini and Bruno Muzzolini in a show curated by Maria Rosa Sossai. The title, a portmanteau of 'di là del muro' (beyond the wall), signals a call for a new alliance between humans, other species, and nature. The centerpiece is the collaborative installation 'Orion+++', where visitors lie on soft eco-fur forms and watch snails move away from an imposed Orion constellation pattern, symbolizing resistance to human control. Muzzolini's video work features Jova, a chimpanzee in Belgrade Zoo, reenacting the escape attempts of Sami, a chimp who tried to flee in the 1980s under communist Yugoslavia. His 'Trappole' series critiques animal capture practices. Lazzarini's sculptures focus on protected habitats: 'L'isola' references San Domino in the Tremiti Islands, where suspected homosexuals were confined during fascism; 'Montagna Rosa e Morel' uses pink wax to evoke a mountain's fragility; and her 'Fantômes' ink drawings, made during pregnancy, resemble Rorschach blots, inviting unconscious liberation. The exhibition runs at Artericambi in Verona in 2021.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Déladelmur' at Galleria Artericambi, Verona, 2021
- Artists: Donata Lazzarini (Verona, 1968) and Bruno Muzzolini (Brescia, 1964)
- Curated by Maria Rosa Sossai
- Collaborative installation 'Orion+++' with snails on eco-fur
- Muzzolini's video features chimp Jova reenacting Sami's 1980s Belgrade Zoo escape
- Muzzolini's 'Trappole' series critiques animal trapping
- Lazzarini's 'L'isola' references San Domino, Tremiti Islands, fascist confinement of homosexuals
- Lazzarini's 'Montagna Rosa e Morel' made of pink wax
Entities
Artists
- Donata Lazzarini
- Bruno Muzzolini
- Maria Rosa Sossai
Institutions
- Galleria Artericambi
- Belgrade Zoo
- Artribune
Locations
- Verona
- Italy
- Brescia
- Belgrade
- Serbia
- San Domino
- Tremiti Islands