Portfolio is one of the two exhibition cycles of the program Quotidiana at the Museo di Roma – Palazzo Braschi conceived and produced by La Quadriennale di Roma in collaboration with Roma Culture, Rome’s Superintendency for Cultural Heritage. Its aim is to explore a number of significant trends in 21st-century Italian art.
Once a month, eleven artists under the age of 35 are presented in the exhibition with a single work. Their research is narrated in a portfolio developed by the of the Quadriennale di Roma.
The twelfth exhibition of Portfolio (23 September – 15 October 2023) is dedicated to Edoardo Manzoni (Crema, 1993). His research focuses on the mechanisms of se-duction, connecting their functioning to an imaginary mainly tied to animal life and hunting. This primordial matrix provides the artist with a code for investigating the pitfalls of our capitalist system, with its basis in arousing desire and satisfying it through consumption. The bait, or the trap, becomes a topical element for exploring a relationship of subjection and fragility, between prey and predator. Far from unilateral, this relationship appears in its ambiguity, in a role-play whose parts can be inverted from one moment to the next. To consult his portfolio, read here.
Senza titolo (Fame) is a series of sculptures in which Edoardo Manzoni creates rudimentary traps by juxtaposing a bait — a twig of coloured berries — with hostile elements, such as deformed anti-pigeon deterrents or wooden structures covered with thorns. Drawing on the imaginary of hunting, the artist investigates the perceptual mechanisms linked to desire, appealing to an animality latent in all individuals. These works introduce an overlap between the figures of the artist, the hunter and the illusionist, who, Manzoni tells us, are united by the closeness among their respective intentions. The bait, or the trap, become topical elements for exploring relationships of subjection and fragility, which are established between prey and predator. Far from unilateral, this relationship appears in its ambiguity, in a role-play whose parts can be inverted from one moment to the next.
The exhibition venue is the Museo di Roma-Palazzo Braschi (Piazza di San Pantaleo, 10/Piazza Navona, 2). The admission is free without reservation. Opening hours: from Tuesday to Sunday 10.00 – 19.00
