Morra Greco pairs Kersels and Papadimitriou in crisis-themed shows

Fondazione Morra Greco in Naples has opened two concurrent solo exhibitions that confront the impossibility of progress and utopia in the present. Martin Kersels's 'All That Fall' (title borrowed from Samuel Beckett's 1956 radio play) presents sculptures and performative machines that embody failure as a structural condition, rejecting the ideology of performance central to capitalism and the art system. Maria Papadimitriou's 'Frustration of Utopia' examines the collapse of modern utopian models through collages, suspended landscapes, a reconstructed studio, and ex-votos, treating tradition—especially Neapolitan—as an unstable archive rather than a fixed identity. The shows deliberately avoid both apocalyptic rhetoric and forced optimism, instead offering a critical stance that accepts fall without catharsis and imagines without illusion. The pairing was curated by Diana Cava.