“Soft You” by Anthea Hamilton is opening to the public from May the 8th to November the 2nd at Fondazione Memmo, Roma
Soft You, taken from the last monologue by Othello, in Shakespeare, reframes three cardinal points in Hamilton’s research: the Shakespearian’s protagonist, the city of Rome and the artist’s own practice. Starting from Othello: A Play, her stage performance created in collaboration with Delphine Gaborit for the artistic center De Singel (Antwerp) in 2024, Hamilton’s exhibition pushes the performative possibilities of her sculptural and installation-based research.
Anthea Hamilton, Cabbage Five Four Ways, 2021, Installation view, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Courtesy of the artist and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis and kaufmann repetto Milan / New York. Photo: Pierre Ware
Anthea Hamilton, La vie moderne, 2015, Installation view, 13th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon. Courtesy of the artist and Biennale de Lyon, Lyon and kaufmann repetto, Milan / New York
Anthea Hamilton, Mash Up, 2022, Installation view, M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp. Courtesy of the artist and M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp and kaufmann repetto Milan / New York. Photo: Kristien Daem
Anthea Hamilton, Mash Up, 2022, Installation view, M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp. Courtesy of the artist and M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp and kaufmann repetto Milan / New York. Photo: Kristien Daem
Anthea Hamilton, Leg Chair (Sushi Nori), 2012, perspex, brass, wax, plaster, rice cakes, 81 x 92 x 46 cm. Ph. Douglas Atfield. The Hepworth Wakefield Collection, Wakefield.
Anthea Hamilton, Decade of Emotion, 2023, Installation view, Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection, Paris. Courtesy of the artist and Bourse de Commerce - Pinault Collection, Paris and kaufmann repetto Milan / New York. Photo: Sam Clarke
Anthea Hamilton, May You Live in Interesting Times, 2019, Installation view, Arsenale, 58th Venice Biennale, Venice. Courtesy the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery and kaufmann repetto, Milan / New York. Photo: Andrea Rosetti
Anthea Hamilton, Lichen! Libido! Chastity!, 2015, Installation view, SculptureCenter, New York Courtesy of the artist and SculptureCenter, New York and kaufmann repetto, Milan / New York. Photo: Kyle Knodell