Marzia Roversi brings contemporary art to Salò

An exhibition of contemporary art has opened in Salò, bringing the works of Alessandra Garzetti and Marzia Roversi into focus. The exhibition path presented last weekend highlighted two distinct visual languages: Garzetti’s visual research on one side, and Roversi’s delicate, narrative imagery on the other, created through mixed techniques and images suspended between reality and suggestion.

In Alessandra Garzetti’s work, visitors encountered an expressive approach already familiar to those who had seen her previous exhibitions in Moniga del Garda. Her compositions retain a recognisable signature: the figure is often concealed behind a fine texture that reveals only a hint of its presence.

This visual effect establishes an unusual relationship between image and perception. Subjects emerge only partially and appear almost filtered through a light, translucent surface.

Marzia Roversi’s works, by contrast, stand out for their fairy-tale quality and elaborate technical construction. The artist creates large collages on wooden panels, then works over them again with graphite to achieve a three-dimensional effect. In some pieces she also adds acrylic and gold leaf to the background.

This combination gives rise to very young female figures and the animals accompanying them, immersed in enigmatic atmospheres. The images resemble sudden apparitions, placed outside time and made even more intense by the lightness of the line.

The female protagonists often look at the viewer with open, penetrating eyes, or adopt contained, almost meditative expressions. In other cases their eyes are lowered or closed, while finches or domesticated felines appear beside them in a relationship described as harmonious.

Together, the works create a coherent universe in keeping with the fairy tales that inspire the artist, where every element contributes to scenes that are delicate yet filled with mystery.

Those who were unable to visit the exhibition in Salò can find further works by Marzia Roversi at her gallery in Mirandola, the Emporio Amolà, at 20 Via Curtatone. The gallery also offers art books illustrated by the artist, other objects decorated by her, and a selection of artworks.

Meanwhile, throughout September, Roversi is also involved in a solo exhibition hosted at the bishop’s palace in Quingentole-MN, which will be open over the coming weekends.