Michela Concetti's Hybrid Creatures at Amuse Gallery

Twenty-three-year-old artist Michela Concetti presents "Ficta Substantia" at Amuse Gallery in Turin, a series of etchings that imagine a dystopian future where animal and plant life merge into hybrid survival forms. Her technique transforms the etching needle into a scalpel for genetic intervention, turning flowers into snails and nautilus shells into jellyfish. The works echo Piranesi's mannerisms and Rembrandt's sensibility, while drawing on Borges's fantastic naturalism. Concetti aims not only to disorient viewers but to inspire fantasies of alternative worlds where creatures thrive through her genetic alterations. The exhibition showcases a meticulous, scientific approach to line and detail, creating a chimerical ecosystem where everything holds together.