John M. Armleder’s Playful Stockage at Villa Maraini

John M. Armleder (Geneva, 1948) presents a stockage of artworks from 1991 to 2017 at Villa Maraini in Rome, transforming the 19th-century environment into a ductile organism. The exhibition, titled after the artist's playful approach, features pieces that auto-generate from the space's geometry, reshaping corners and surfaces. Highlights include 'Ocva!', a kitsch rococo memento mori with a skeleton embedded in glittery clouds; 'Untitled' (2002), a meteor-like constellation of 25 resin wall lamps; and 'de M & G H', a minimalist homage to John Cage contrasting with chamber music. The 'Sorry IV' and 'Sorry II' series exemplify 'furniture sculptures', pairing paintings with furniture to create asymmetries. 'Bench' ironizes Benjamin's concept of reproducibility with Degas dancers. The exhibition runs at the Swiss Institute in Rome.