Erika Verzutti’s Work Seduces and Repels in Equal Measure
Fernanda Brenner, frieze
November 2019
‘Carne Sintética’ (Cultured Meat), Erika Verzutti’s latest exhibition at Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, features a new series comprising 15 bronze, papier-mâché and clay reliefs that conjure an array of chunky, crunchy and creamy-looking foodstuffs, showcasing the artist’s technical skill across a range of media. Most recently included in solo shows such as ‘Ex Gurus’ at Andrew Kreps Gallery in New York last year, as well as her retrospective at Paris’s Centre Georges Pompidou earlier this year, Verzutti’s wall works, which she has been developing for almost a decade, investigate the liminal space between painting and sculpture. […]