Mariella Bettineschi @ Richard Saltoun Gallery

Piumari [Feather boxes] was one of Marinella Bettineschi’s first series to give voice to her ongoing interest and research into alternative languages: the ability to transform and create new ways of thinking with our own breath and further illustrating women’s ability to bring life into the world.

Elegant, minimal boxes containing loose feathers, suspended beneath a thin layer of organza belying their volatile nature, their place easily changed by the viewer with just a breath or a movement. The ability to transform the shape of the work, and thus the meaning, was integral to Bettineschi’s practice and research.