Monster Chetwynd
Mon/Fri: 11:00-17:00
Thu: 11:00-20:00
Sat: 14:00-18:00
Mon/Fri: 11:00-17:00
Thu: 11:00-20:00
Sat: 14:00-18:00
Zuul
Solo show by Monster Chetwynd
Monster Chetwynd combines sculpture, performance, painting and video in her works, creating fantastic and grotesque worlds. For her solo exhibition at Istituto Svizzero in Milan, Zuul, the artist takes Milan’s Quadrilatero del Silenzio and Rome’s Coppedè neighborhood as a starting point and dives into extensive research about built and unbuilt fantasy architecture and its relation to contemporary pop culture and film. She presents a new performance work with fantastic costumes, surrounded by a stage-like setting created especially for the space. Welcome to the world of Monster Chetwynd!
Download the curatorial text and floorplan here.
During the opening on 19.09.2024, the performance An Evening with Gozer The Destroyer took place.
Performance „An Evening with Gozer The Destroyer“.
Performers:
Blanket, Lucca Süss, Vyvyan Stewardson, Vanessa Nadja Benz, Paul Kindersley, Aina Rea Aliotta, Raquel Arias, Azur, Jacob, Ladina Whitehead, Chiara Salmini, Monster Chetwynd
Film Crew:
Oscar Oldershaw, Joseph Campbell, Ruby Cedar
Music Arrangement:
Jack Brennan
Wallpaper Digital Layout:
Lukas Ryffel
Special Thanks:
GALERIE GREGOR STAIGER, MASSIMODECARLO and Sadie Coles HQ
Biography:
Monster Chetwynd (b. 1973, London) lives and works in Zurich. She earned a MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London (2004), prior to that, she obtained a BA in Fine Art, Slade School of Art/UCL, London (2000), and a BA in Social Anthropology and History, UCL (1995). Known for her exuberant and fun performance pieces, featuring handmade costumes, props, and sets, Monster Chetwynd was honoured with a Swiss Art Award (2024). The artist describes her work as ‘impatiently made’, often re-using materials that are easy to process and to use by the many performers she invites to participate, emphasizing the notion of collective development that informs much of the artist’s work.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Istituto Svizzero
Via del Vecchio Politecnico 3, Milano
Free entry, no registration required
Special opening:
The exhibition will also be open Sunday 24.11.2024 H14:00-18:00
Opening hours:
Monday/Friday: 11:00-17:00
Thursday: 11:00-20:00
Saturday: 14:00-18:00
For press inquires, please contact press@istitutosvizzero.it
Monster Chetwynd, Zuul, installation view at Istituto Svizzero, Milano, 2024. © Giulio Boem
Monster Chetwynd, Zuul, installation view at Istituto Svizzero, Milano, 2024. © Giulio Boem
Monster Chetwynd, Zuul, installation view at Istituto Svizzero, Milano, 2024. © Giulio Boe
Monster Chetwynd, Zuul, installation view at Istituto Svizzero, Milano, 2024. © Giulio Boe
Monster Chetwynd, Zuul, installation view at Istituto Svizzero, Milano, 2024. © Giulio Boem
Performance, An Evening with Gozer The Destroyer, (19.09.2024) as part of the exhibition Zuul , Istituto Svizzero, Milan, 2024. © Giulio Boem
Performance, An Evening with Gozer The Destroyer, (19.09.2024) as part of the exhibition Zuul , Istituto Svizzero, Milan, 2024. © Giulio Boem