Manfred Pernice presents his first institutional exhibition in Italy, titled “emoZone,” at the Fondazione Morra Greco in Naples. The show occupies the second-floor salons of Palazzo Caracciolo d’Avellino, where a selection of works from the Fondazione Morra Greco Collection is displayed together for the first time. On the third floor, Pernice has created a new site-specific project that responds to the militaristic architecture of the building.
This exhibition marks a significant milestone for Pernice, a German artist born in 1963, as it introduces his practice to an Italian institutional audience for the first time. By juxtaposing existing collection pieces with a new commission that directly engages the venue’s architectural history, the show highlights the dialogue between contemporary sculpture and site-specific intervention, underscoring the Fondazione Morra Greco’s role in fostering critical artistic production.