Elisa Pasotti's 'On Sale' Explores Greyhounds Between Protection and Fashion
Elisa Pasotti's series 'On Sale' centers on Spanish greyhounds (galgos) rescued from hunting, responding to Spain's 2023 animal welfare law. The law, effective 2023, excludes galgos from enhanced protections during hunting. Pasotti's photographs capture the animals' bodies—wounds, postures, muscle tension—as signs of lived memory, juxtaposing the aesthetic celebration of the greyhound's sleek form in fashion imagery with the concrete traces of their experience. The work interrogates the ambiguity of looking, presenting images suspended between vulnerability and strength. The series is part of the column 'Il Teorema dell’Anatra' (The Duck Theorem), curated by LABA Libera Accademia di Belle Arti, Brescia, which questions photographic truth and the instinct to trust appearances.
Key facts
- The series 'On Sale' by Elisa Pasotti focuses on galgos rescued from hunting in Spain.
- Spain's animal welfare law entered into force in 2023.
- Galgos are considered working animals and are not covered by enhanced protections during hunting.
- The greyhound's slender, elegant body is often assimilated into fashion imagery.
- Pasotti's photographs include portraits, body details, and movement images in open but delimited spaces.
- The work explores the animal body as a narrative and symbolic element.
- Wounds, postures, muscle tension, and gestures become signs of memory inscribed on the skin.
- The column 'Il Teorema dell’Anatra' is promoted by LABA Libera Accademia di Belle Arti, Brescia.
Entities
Artists
- Elisa Pasotti
- Joan Fontcuberta
Institutions
- LABA Libera Accademia di Belle Arti, Brescia
- ATP DIARY
Locations
- Spain
- Brescia
- Italy