Laura Grisi
Cosmogonie

21.3 – 25.8.2024
Macro – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome

The exhibition Cosmogonie (Cosmogonies) gravitates around the work of Laura Grisi, observing it from a contemporary perspective, also thanks to the juxtaposition with works by artists such as Leonor Antunes, Nancy Holt and Liliane Lijn. 
Laura Grisi’s research existed outside the categories and definitions of her time. Though her work reveals affinities with the optical investigations of Kinetic Art, the conforming references to the society of consumption typical of Pop Art, the industrial materials and geometry of American Minimal Art, and the dematerialization of Arte Povera, she shaped an independent position for herself, whose nomadism is now the central focus of a rediscovery, also thanks to a series of recent international exhibitions.
Seven large works by the artist, in various media–sound, painting, video and light installations–offer a new opportunity to enter her reflections on image perception, and her explorations of the tensions between nature and artifice. Her research often takes material form in the creation of installations and immersive technological environments that reproduce atmospheric phenomena, allowing the artist to grasp nature as a “mental and technologized fact”, while conserving an intimate spiritual energy. 
In the attempt to redefine space and its image, the artist makes use of materials like steel, glass and above all neon, which permits malleability in terms of shapes and colours close to painting, creating illusions of depth and layers of perception. The technological immersive installations and environments with which she reproduces atmospheric phenomena allow her to grasp nature as a “mental and technological fact”, which nevertheless conserves an intimate spiritual energy.

Curator: Luca Lo Pinto 
Curatorial Coordinator: Matteo Binci 
Production Coordinator: Lorena Stamo 
Production Assistant: Livia Danese
Head of Press Office and Communication: Maddalena Bonicelli
Digital Content Editor: Nicoletta Graziano
Social Media Manager: Elena Fortunati
Web Manager / Digital Marketing: Andrea Pergola
Graphic Designer: Marco Campardo, Olivia Lynk
Art Handlers:  Fabio Pennacchia, Matteo Pompili 

Heartfelt thanks to P420.