Nella sua mostra a Venezia, Hanna Rochereau vuole archiviare l’archivio
Hanna Rochereau (Paris, 1995) presents her first solo exhibition in Italy, titled "Data Divas," at Mare Karina gallery in Venice. The show explores archival systems through a dialogue between painting and sculpture: canvases depict orderly shelves and filing cabinets filled with impenetrable boxes, while sculptural elements—tailor's mannequins, scattered papers, open drawers—introduce disorder. Rochereau uses a restrained palette of white and wood tones, referencing early 20th-century cubist and metaphysical art, particularly Morandi. The exhibition runs until July 18, 2026.
This exhibition matters because it inverts the contemporary artistic impulse to archive by making the empty container itself the subject. Rochereau presents a potential, non-functional archive—one that is pristine, unlabeled, and devoid of content—prompting an epistemological reflection on the limits and nature of archival systems. The show marks a significant step for the artist in Italy and positions her practice within a broader conversation about order, memory, and the materiality of information in visual art.