Francesca Woodman's Italian Works at Victoria Miro Venice

Victoria Miro's Venice gallery presents 'In presenza. Francesca Woodman a Venezia', a solo exhibition of photographs by Francesca Woodman (1958–1981). The show focuses on images she made in Italy, particularly during her year in Rome from 1977 to 1978, and celebrates her deep connection to the country. Rome served as a fertile ground for her research, where she engaged with locations like the Pastificio Cerere and colleagues such as Giuseppe Gallo, Enrico Luzzi, and Sabina Mirri, who became one of her favorite subjects. The photographs incorporate classical statues and urban views, infusing models' poses with classical reminiscences and a performative quality. Venice itself appears in the 'Eel' series, where street corners and floor fragments frame nude bodies, balancing between a cigarette butt and ethereal physicality. The exhibition runs at Victoria Miro Venice, with the gallery's spaces hosting the works that explore ghostly presences and plastic postures, hovering between past and present, life and death.