Susanna Pozzoli's Photographic Journey Inside Meret Oppenheim's Home

Susanna Pozzoli's book "Un'estate con Meret Oppenheim" (Manfredi Edizioni, 2021) offers an intimate photographic exploration of Casa Costanza, the Carona, Switzerland home of the late Surrealist artist Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985). The house, owned by the Wenger family since 1917, was where Oppenheim spent her childhood summers and later transformed into a Gesamtkunstwerk with architect Aurelio Galfetti after her parents' deaths in 1967. Pozzoli's images capture details and traces of the still-inhabited home, including a mummified mouse turned into a Vanitas figure by Oppenheim. The volume includes annotations from family members, architect Galfetti, curator Bice Curiger, and art historian Barbara Stehle. The book is the first in a series dedicated to emerging artists by Manfredi Edizioni with the VAF Foundation.