ROXY IN THE BOX
Social Pop Mirabilia
Friday 10 May at 7 pm, at the Studio Trisorio in via Carlo Poerio 116, a personal exhibition of Roxy in the Box entitled Social Pop Mirabilia will be inaugurated.
The small, street-front space will host more than 50 of the artist’s works – acrylics on canvas, lightboxes, neons, sculptures, video installations – showcasing the Neapolitan artist’s entire pop universe.
Roxy in the Box’s ironic and irreverent gaze explores and mocks every aspect of the world around her.
While the city of Naples is where the artist’s soul and her artistic theatre find daily nourishment, her art looks to the world and addresses universal themes, while her works display an infinite repertoire of symbols found in the language of mass consumption, the icons of cinema, of advertising, of comics and of cartoons
Her colourful, light-hearted imagery places into juxtaposition such complex issues as feminism, gender identity and roles, social constrictions, the pain of solitude, the need for love, consumerist alienation, and migration thus allowing us to view them in another manner.
The exhibition features new sculptures from the Conchiglia conchistai series, reinterpreted, new versions of the installations Between the sheet and Maresistere, T’aggia scassà ’o sanghe, with her signature song lyrics include all the Neapolitan idioms where the word blood is used, the large-scale acrylic on canvas entitled Ti prenderei per le palle which starkly contrasts with a statue depicting the Venus de Milo which every woman visiting the exhibition can sign thus transforming it into a collective work.
ph. Francesco Squeglia
WORKS
Social Pop
neon + plexiglass 8 mm
26 x 120 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Francesco Squeglia
Cinismo
lightbox
plexiglass 23 x 70 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Campare d’arte
lightbox
plexiglass 35 x 70 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Caos
lightbox
plexiglass 24 x 40 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
No Air
lightbox
plexiglass 20 x 40 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Applau$e
lightbox
plexiglass 20 x 60 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
€njoy
lightbox
plexiglass 40 x 40 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Prega
lightbox
plexiglass 33 x 50 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Femmenella
lightbox
plexiglass 20 x 60 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Martiri da bere
lightbox
plexiglass 40 x 80 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Strangers Coffee
lightbox
plexiglass 50 x 50 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
La marenna in borsa
lightbox
plexiglass 100 x 50 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Conchiglia Conchistai
neon + plexiglass 8 mm
50 x 70 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Francesco Squeglia
Conchiglia Conchistai “Conchitetta”
FDM 3D printing 12,5 x 22 x 13,5 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Conchiglia Conchistai “Conchiconiglio”
FDM 3D printing 22 x 18 x 13,5 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Conchiglia Conchistai “Conchibanana”
FDM 3D printing 19 x 30 x 13,5 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Conchiglia Conchistai “Conchigatto”
FDM 3D printing 22 x 24 x 13,5 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Conchiglia Conchistai “Conchibottiglia”
FDM 3D printing 22 x 23 x 13,5 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Between the Sheets
plywood painted with water-based paint
print on 3 mm forex
22” monitor
Good Morning video 2′ 47” + Bonjour Bonjour video 3′ 40”
37 x 57 x 41 cm
ed. 3 + 2 AP
2024
Ph. 1, 2, 3 Francesco Squeglia , 4, 5 Marcello Merenda
Ti prenderei per le palle
acrylic on canvas,
100 x 150 cm
2021
Ti prenderei per le palle, ma come vedi non riesco
resin
h 160 cm
ed. 3
2024
ph. 1,2,3,7 Francesco Squeglia, 4,5,6 Gianluigi Cantoni
Affogato nelle sue lacrime
FDM 3D printing, glass jar
24 x 10 cm
ed. 10
2024
ph. Francesco Squeglia
Pensati in Bocca “Approfittando di questa solitudine”
acrylic on MDF
Ø 30 cm
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Pensati in Bocca “Sincera Alleanza”
acrylic on MDF
Ø 30 cm
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Pensati in Bocca “Noi non ti giudichiamo”
acrylic on MDF
Ø 30 cm
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Pensati in Bocca “Stato di Grazia”
acrylic on MDF
Ø 30 cm
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Pensati in Bocca “Ti comprendo come nessuna”
acrylic on MDF
Ø 30 cm
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Pensati in Bocca “Noi non lo diciamo”
acrylic on MDF
Ø 30 cm
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Smart Working
acrylic on paper
43,5 x 34,5 cm
2024
ph. Marcello Merenda
Ritorno al Futuro
acrylic on old photographs
album 37 x 27 x 6,5 cm
2014 / 2024
ph. 1, 7, Francesco Squeglia, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Marcello Merenda
Tua madre ha sempre disprezzato il tuo ozio
backlit pvc
27 x 19 x 17 cm
2024
ph. Francesco Squeglia
post produzione Gianlugi Cantoni
T’aggia scassà ‘o sanghe
2 x acrylic paintings on canvas 80 x 60 cm
1 x multilayer TV painted with water-based paint, 22” monitor, 4′ 33” video, 37 x 57 x 9 cm, ed. 3 + 2 AP
4 x 45 rpm vinyl records (not playable), digital printing, 18.3 x 18.3 cm
2006/2024
ph. Francesco Squeglia
Rinconografie “I Love Anonymous”
acrylic on cotton paper
100 x 70 cm
2023
ph. Francesco Squeglia
Rinconografie “I Love Anonymous”
acrylic on cotton paper
100 x 70 cm
2023
ph. Francesco Squeglia
Maresistere
secretaire chest of drawers painted with water-based paint
monitor 32”
video 30′
98 x 105 x 66 cm
2024
ph. Francesco Squeglia
