The Moth in the Closet - Clemen Parrocchetti (ChertLüdde editions)

Set of 10 postcards 

Parrocchetti’s historical position embodies an eruptive artistic presence that unravels the politics behind common objects of artisanship. While the 1970s feminist momentum in Italy largely shaped her career, Parrocchetti began to focus on the animal world and her relationship with it in the last decades of her life. In the 1990s – inspired by the moths festering in her own closet and consuming her artworks – Parrocchetti began depicting common moths as intricate and resilient creatures. Her studies of moths, lice and other bugs, challenged her subjects’ ordinariness, presenting these winged creatures as potent lifeforms.

Published by ChertLüdde Books
Designed by Bernd Grether
ed. 200