Mattia Sinigaglia's Animal Subjectivity Explored at APlusA Venice

Mattia Sinigaglia (born 1989) presents his solo exhibition 'L'animale che dunque sono' at APlusA gallery in Venice. The show, accompanied by a text by Piergiorgio Svaluto Moreolo, explores non-human animal subjectivity. A key work, 'Ti vede', depicts a fox in a surreal landscape, inspired by an encounter while driving through woods. Another painting, 'Il Gatto di Derrida', references Jacques Derrida's 1997 lecture on feeling vulnerable under his cat's gaze, portraying the cat in a Gothic style with a ceramic head of Derrida emitting smoke shaped like an eye. Sinigaglia's practice, rooted in oil on canvas, incorporates wood and ceramics, blending figuration and abstraction. The exhibition title derives from Derrida's lecture. The show runs at APlusA in Venice.