Oltrenatura: Four Artists Explore Nature and Transformation in Venice

The exhibition 'Oltrenatura' at Marignana Arte in Venice brings together four artists—Giuseppe Adamo, Yojiro Imasaka, Silvia Infranco, and Quayola—each offering a distinct interpretation of 'nature' as a logical and ontological foundation of existence. The show presents a cohesive yet diverse exploration of constant change as a dynamic governing natural, social, political, and economic processes. Adamo's large aniconic canvases, built through layered color accumulation, dialogue with Imasaka's hyper-real photographic series 'Illuminating Earth #45,' which maps pristine areas of the Hawaiian Islands untouched by human impact. Infranco manipulates organic materials and everyday objects, coating them in wax to preserve traces of their past, while Quayola uses custom software to process 4K video frames inspired by Monet's water lilies, generating a machine's perception of reality. The exhibition reflects on the frenetic pace of contemporary life, the shifting relationship with technology, and the ongoing geopolitical, socio-economic, and environmental crises, including the pandemic. The artists collectively offer a glimpse into an impending epochal shift, revealing signs of the future within the present.