Milan, Sophia Al-Maria and other female artists on show at Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro

For the 2019 cycle of Project Rooms, curated by Cloé Perrone, the Arnaldo Pomodoro Foundation (Milan) presents three young international artists, Sophia Al-Maria, Caroline Mesquita and Rebecca Ackroyd. None of these artists can be defined as sculptors: in fact, each employs the artistic medium within a multidisciplinary practice, expanding the very definition of sculpture. Treating it not as a result but as a process, sculpture becomes a tool for constructing spatial environments of various kinds. The 2019Project Rooms address issues of contemporary life and socio-cultural phenomena such as misogyny, apocalypse, and national identity.

The first exhibition is dedicated to Sophia Al-Maria (1983, Tacoma, USA) an American artist, writer and filmmaker of Qatari descent . A fan of actress Bai Ling’s blog since the early 2000s, Al-Maria was intrigued by a recurring theme in Bai’s posts, that of the cookie (cookie). Sophia thought for a long time that cookie was a person, perhaps a secret lover. In reality, Bai was writing affirmations of love and positivity addressed to herself.

The installation Mirror Cookie (2018) collects a series of Bai’s cookies, reorganized into a disjointed monologue reminiscent of the “mirror technique,” a self-esteem-building practice. A passionate improvisation delivered to the camera, as if the “fourth wall” to be broken down was one’s own reflection.

The exhibition, with free admission, is open from March 14 to May 31. For all information you can visit the Foundation’s website.

Pictured: Sophia Al-Maria, Mirror Cookie

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Milan, Sophia Al-Maria and other female artists on show at Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro

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