The works of Fion Pellacini (b. 1986) tackle the spatial symbolics of social conditions and explore their relationship to change and social utopias through shifting historical and cultural implications, on both local and global scales.
Images courtesy Fion Pellacini
Working with sculpture, video, performance and music, Fion Pellacini reflects on thresholds as sites of selective permeability, fragile social balance and failed ideas of modernism. His work is an attempt to give new readings to these sites and to explore their potentials for encounter and participation. Comprising found objects such as key chains and both long lasting and temporary materials, his sculptures, wall objects and acoustic interventions reference architecture, cultural identities and their in betweens, and weave layered portraits of those locations of transition. Fion Pellacini is of German and Brazilian nationality and working between both countries.
Installation view Fion Pellacini – ‘I can see you through the cobogó’, Jürgen Becker Galerie, Hamburg, Neue Kunst in Hamburg, curated by Eva Birkenstock, 2021, Photo: Fred DottInstallation view, Fion Pellacini – ‘Sonho molhado’, Kunstverein Siegen, 2023, curated by Jennifer Cierlitza, Photo: Simon VogelFion Pellacini, ‘Cobogó 1-3’, 2021, soap, various materials.
Installation view Fion Pellacini – I can see you through the cobogó, Jürgen Becker Galerie, Hamburg, Neue Kunst in Hamburg, curated by Eva Birkenstock, 2021
Fion Pellacini, ‘Anyone (who knows what love is)’, Video, Sound, 12’23’’, performed by Claudia Medeiros, 2021. Installation view, Fion Pellacini – Sonho molhado, Kunstverein Siegen, 2023, curated by Jennifer Cierlitza, Photo: Simon VogelInstallation view, Fion Pellacini – ‘Sonho molhado’, Kunstverein Siegen, 2023, curated by Jennifer Cierlitza, Photo: Simon VogelFion Pellacini, ‘Humpty Dumpty’, 2019, Wood, Plaster. The work was an Eton Fives Court as scultpure, Fives court, stage and exhibition space. in: Hi Ventilation, curated by Rebekka Seubert, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, 2019Fion Pellacini, ‘Songs for Transition’, 2021, Sound-Performance, Kunstmuseum BochumInstallation view Fion Pellacini – ‘I can see you through the cobogó’, Jürgen Becker Galerie, Hamburg, Neue Kunst in Hamburg, curated by Eva Birkenstock, 2021, Photo: Fred DottFion Pellacini, ‘Sonho molhado’, 2023, japanese ink on yellow pages, wood, drainage. Installation view, Fion Pellacini – Sonho molhado, Kunstverein Siegen, 2023, curated by Jennifer Cierlitza, Photo: Simon VogelFion Pellacini, ‘Five in Fives’ – series of exhibitions. The work was an Eton Fives Court as scultpure, Fives court, stage and exhibition space. Installation view with performance by La Bruja de Texcoco, in: Hi Ventilation, curated by Rebekka Seubert, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, 2019 Fion Pellacini, ‘I can see you through the cobogó’, 2021, acrylic on wood, wire, historical key chains from artist's collection.
Installation view Fion Pellacini – ‘I can see you through the cobogó’, Jürgen Becker Galerie, Hamburg, Neue Kunst in Hamburg, curated by Eva Birkenstock, 2021
