Vernissage: Saturday and Sunday 8th and 9th March, from 11 am to 5 pm, on the occasion of the Event ArtCarouge, The artist is present.
Le Salon Vert is pleased to present the second solo exhibition of Eliana Marinari, a contemporary artist whose multi-disciplinary practice explores themes of identity, belonging, and the embodied experience. Based in Geneva but originally from Italy and having lived in both the UK and Switzerland, Marinari interrogates the complexities of these personal and cultural shifts through a diverse range of media, including performance, photography, printmaking, clay, and drawing.
Marinari’s new work is deeply influenced by New Materialist thinkers such as Karen Barad, Donna Haraway, and Rosi Braidotti, offering a nuanced perspective on the materiality of identity and its entanglement with social, environmental, and cultural forces. Her installations are an alchemical transformation of materials that carry memory and affect – from soil and leaves to found objects and fabric – all of which are reworked through ritual gestures and embodied actions.
At the heart of her practice is a psychogeographic exploration of place, where the body, memory, and landscape converge. Through tactile interactions with the world, Marinari generates new forms of knowledge and meaning. Her use of clay, paper, and other organic materials serves as a testament to the tactile and sensory nature of her art-making process, where every object and texture is re-imagined through the lens of craftsmanship and spirituality.
The exhibition will showcase the emotional depth and psychological resonance of her work, with a focus on gender, migration, and female identity. As poems and mysticism intersect with the everyday, Marinari’s installations invite viewers to engage with the intimate narratives of displacement, affect, and transformation.
Join us at Le Salon Vert for a captivating journey through Marinari's visionary and multi-sensory world, where art becomes a site of personal and collective reflection.