Jill Mulleady's Ghosts Haunt Sant'Andrea de Scaphis in Rome

Jill Mulleady (Montevideo, 1980) presents a solo exhibition at Galleria Sant'Andrea de Scaphis in Rome's Trastevere district, housed in the former oratory of Sant'Andrea dei Vascellari. The show explores themes of ghosts, past and present, through paintings featuring flowers, fish, squid, octopus, dolphins, and dormant sculptures. Mulleady's work captures a frozen moment of beauty before its inevitable negation, blending irony and grotesque elements. The artist creates parallel realities where different times and spaces merge, evoking a ghost that recalls a once-living body. The exhibition invites viewers to question why the captured instant cannot last forever, with the answer remaining within the painting's tension between illusion and disappearance. The works draw from popular culture and historical painting, resulting in a bizarre sensation of fused and multiplied realities. The text is written by Michele Luca Nero.