Pedro Neves Marques Explores Gender and Science in Naples Exhibition
At Galleria Umberto Di Marino in Naples, Pedro Neves Marques presents 'Autofiction,' a project linking science and gender emancipation. The exhibition includes the award-winning work 'Becoming Male in the Middle Ages' (2019), which won the 17th edition of Illy Present Future. Marques uses autofiction to investigate contemporary genetics, gender issues, and reproduction, imagining a world where men produce eggs. His lyrical writing blends fiction and reality, challenging the natural/artificial dichotomy. Photographs show a hand holding a phone displaying poetic texts, interrupted by self-portraits revealing scars as symbols of scientific transformation. The body is depicted as neither male nor female, machine nor creature, freed from sexism and naturalism.
Key facts
- Pedro Neves Marques was born in Lisbon in 1984.
- The exhibition 'Autofiction' is held at Galleria Umberto Di Marino in Naples.
- 'Becoming Male in the Middle Ages' won the 17th edition of Illy Present Future.
- The project explores genetics, gender, and reproduction.
- Marques uses autofiction as a literary device.
- The works include photographs of a hand holding a phone with poetic texts.
- Self-portraits show a scar symbolizing transformation.
- The body is presented as beyond binary categories.
Entities
Artists
- Pedro Neves Marques
Institutions
- Galleria Umberto Di Marino
- Illy Present Future
Locations
- Naples
- Italy
- Lisbon
- Portugal