Presented by the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia in collaboration with Galleria Vittoria in Rome, Federica Zuccheri’s solo exhibition (included in the price of the museum ticket) is on display within the frescoed semi-circular hall of Villa Giulia, one of the most evocative spaces in the sixteenth-century complex commissioned by Pope Julius III.
Ten sculptural works crafted from fine materials (such as bronze and silver with stone inlays) have been selected for the exhibition; these were created by the artist in collaboration with Bottega Mortet, a historic Roman workshop. With its frescoes, enveloping architecture and illusionistic construction of space, the semi-circular hall of the Renaissance villa does not merely serve as a backdrop but engages in a dialogue with the works, creating an unexpected continuity between decorative memory and contemporary imagination.
Within this space, Federica Zuccheri’s sculptures are a powerful presence: seductive yet unsettling figures that oscillate between grace and pain, light and darkness, beauty and unease. In Zuccheri’s work, myth is neither a reference nor a nostalgic refuge, but a tool for raising questions about the present. Her sculptures explore themes linked to desire, metamorphosis, vulnerability, seduction and power, transforming them into images that reveal more than meets the eye. The elegant, refined and often luminous form never diminishes the work’s internal tension, but rather makes it all the more evident.
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