SERENA FERRARIO

SERENA FERRARIO. WHERE THE DRAWINGS LIVE | 20 Aug 2021 – 24 Oct 2021 | special exhibition
exhibition catalogue | 120 pages | 37 colour and 28 b/w illustrations | hardcover | german-english edition

Serena Ferrario (*1986) is the 7th winner of the renowned Horst Janssen Graphic Prize, which will be awarded for the first time this year at the Hamburger Kunsthalle. Under the motto Where the Drawings Live, the artist presents an expansive installation that focuses on her graphic works, collages and films. Ferrario sees her exhibition as an open process that not only provides insights into her studio work, but above all reveals the connection between the individual media in which her figures – whether drawn or real in film – live. By not simply hanging her graphics on the wall but embedding them in a stage-like constructed scenery, she creates her very own cosmos of different characters that react and relate to each other. They become – according to the artist – personalities who appear and »live« in the exhibition space at eye level with the audience.
Having grown up in Italy, Romania and Germany, biographical, cultural and social experiences and observations from her travels play an important role in Serena Ferrario's artistic work. In her installation works, she integrates found material with newspaper clippings, objects and black and white film images.
The catalogue accompanying the exhibition not only documents the various facets of Ferrario's work, but also explicitly takes a look behind the scenes. In addition to numerous illustrations, including current installation views from the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the catalogue includes essays and an interview with Serena Ferrario.