This contemporary art installation features two acrylic boxes filled with shimmering gold elements. The overall composition creates a striking visual contrast between the transparent containers and the reflective metallic contents. The irregular, organic shapes of the gilded materials suggest a natural, botanical motif, evoking a sense of growth and transformation. The artist's use of this unique material and minimalist display technique highlights the inherent beauty and allure of the precious metal, inviting the viewer to contemplate the interplay between the natural and the artificial. This work explores themes of materiality, value, and the creative potential of unconventional artistic media. ...
RM (formerly Real Madrid) is an artist collective. Their practice is situated at the intersection of sexuality, consumption, and identity. It deals with the mechanics of revelation in reaction to the secrecy of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and with their impact on the experience of pariahs in disguise. STDs contributed to the gathering of subcultures around their struggles, while carrying a shame that historically contributed to the othering of communities. Alluding to irony and the use of gruesome humour, RM works around the linguistic detours employed to protect the unspoken, turning it into a tool to reclaim one’s own story. Regional products, including fruits and territorial diseases, have been and are ways to indirectly refer to sexual struggles. Instead of excluding them, they root the person to their geographical provenance. Allegorically dressing a medical status with the extra-virginity of olive oil, spilled on the white and red blood cells of a caprese salad.
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Since the gallery was established in 2018, Martina Simeti has cultivated an interdisciplinary program. Martina Simeti is deeply involved in the production process together with the represented artists, working actively to generate new opportunities for exhibition beyond its own walls.
