Jacopo Benassi's Junk B: Art from Studio Waste at NEUTRO

Jacopo Benassi, a photographer and artist born in La Spezia in 1970, presents 'Junk B' at NEUTRO in Reggio Emilia, an exhibition made entirely from discarded materials from his previous works. The show, displayed in the venue's windows, transforms waste collected from Benassi's studio into black-and-white posters featuring writings, characters, body parts, objects, and stains. The collages originate from photos taken and rejected at B-Tomic, a club in La Spezia founded by Benassi, where they gain new form and aesthetic. The project includes a publication with texts by Carlo Antonelli, which Benassi uses to compose his collages. The exhibition invites viewers to observe what is typically discarded, avoided, or snubbed by societal aesthetic standards: trash, junk, decay, and torn glossy photos. NEUTRO's promoters emphasize that the work challenges conventional beauty by exposing the overlooked.