Vetrina #14 – Isabella Staino
Per il format Vetrina#14, l’artista Isabella Staino presenta il progetto Tarocchi – Ciò che il bruco chiama fine il maestro chiama farfalla.
Comunicato stampa
Vino Vero Venezia
presents
VETRINA#14
a project curated by Mara Sartore
Isabella Staino
Tarocchi – Ciò che il bruco chiama fine il maestro chiama farfalla
June 26 – October 26, 2025
Opening June 25 at 6:30pm
For Vetrina#14, Vino Vero has invited Isabella Staino, a visual artist who explores the tension of the feminine, the symbolic resonance of the animal world, and the power of the dreamlike. Her work stands out for its intense and deeply personal use of colour, her painting often taking the form of narrative — constantly engaging with literature, memory, and vision.
For this occasion, Staino unveils a new series of works on paper inspired by a personal tarot reading. For many years, due to a progressive loss of eye-sight, Isabella Staino has been painting with the aid of video magnifiers – devices normally used for reading, which she has adapted for her artistic practice. This tool enables her to alternate between a broader view and a focus on details, creating a richly layered pictorial language, where her visual limitation is transformed into a perceptual and narrative experience. The resulting pieces were conceived and created specifically for Vetrina.
"Vetrina" is a series of exhibitions curated by Mara Sartore for Vino Vero, in collaboration with Lightbox. This art project launched its second cycle of presentations last year, February 2024. After exploring the broad theme of nature through the site-specific works of the first nine invited artists, the focus has shifted to the theme of activism. This phase exclusively involves female artists, bold and provocative in different ways, who have always used their art to foster constructive reflections on the contemporary world. The challenge is to present works of art in a limited space and in direct contact with the public, where the Vetrina becomes an integral part of the artwork itself, rather than just a place for exhibiting goods.
