Riccardo Mannelli's Satirical Drawings at Kunstschau Lecce

The Kunstschau collective, in collaboration with the Must museum in Lecce, presents "Diario di un Vizio," a retrospective of Riccardo Mannelli's works from 2000 to 2019. The exhibition, held at Kunstschau Contemporary Place, features drawings and paintings that satirize human imperfection, vice, and neurosis. Mannelli, born in Pistoia in 1955, has contributed to satirical magazines like Il Male and newspapers such as La Repubblica and Il Manifesto. He considers drawing his "animal breath" and a form of the sublime. The show includes series like "Appunti per la ricostruzione della bellezza," "Blues," "Hasta mañana mi amor," and "Ammazzami" on gender violence. The Must galleries display drawings and portraits, while Kunstschau's white room hosts the painting cycle "Commedia in Z.E.R.O.," which Mannelli calls a "contemporary anatomical registry." The title references Marco Ferreri's 1993 film about erotic obsessions and existential issues. Mannelli's work explores the tautology of the body and the contradictions of power in postmodernity, driven by what he describes as a "morbid curiosity" toward humanity.