Grandi lucenti, ZERO… Milano 2024, ph.credits Roberto Marossi
Supervision, 2024, inkjet print, 23x31 cm, ph.credits Roberto Marossi
Supervision, installation view How Far Should We Go? curated by Rossella Farinotti @ICA, Milano 2022, ph.credits Cosimo Filippini
Struggle for Life ๏, installation view Digital Antibodies curated by Ilaria Bonacossa @MAXXI, Roma 2023, ph.credits Olimpia Piccolo
Struggle for Life ๏, installation view HOPE curated by Bart van der Heide and Leonie Radine @MUSEION, Bolzano 2024, ph.credits Carlo Favero
Struggle for Life, installation view PANDEMIC (vol.21) @ZERO… Milano 2021, ph.credits Roberto Marossi
Supervision, 2024, print on blueback paper, 300x600 cm, installation view “Grandi lucenti” ZERO…, Milano 2024, ph credits Roberto Marossi
Supervision, 2022, inkjet print, 82x110 cm, ph.credits Roberto Marossi
Supervision, 2023, inkjet print, 22x30 cm, ph.credits Roberto Marossi
Supervision (Sapporo Recordings), video, 9h44’, installation view The Cargo Cult @ZERO… Milano 2023, ph.credits Roberto Marossi
Supervision, 2021, inkjet print, 52x72 cm, ph.credits Roberto Marossi
Supervision, installation view Leaves and other Blurrings @Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio, Bologna 2021
Supervision, 2021, inkjet print, 52x70cm, ph.credits Roberto Marossi
Supervision, installation views Blinds and Other Cloundings @Spazio Leonardo UNA, Milano 2018, ph.credits Cosimo Filippini
Supervision, 2022, inkjet print, 33x48 cm, ph.credits Roberto Marossi
Supervision installation views @Villa Renata, Basel 2023, ph.credits Daniel Spehr
Supervision, installation view RETROFUTURO curated by Luca Lo Pinto @MACRO, Roma 2021, ph.credits Simon d’Exéa
Supervision, 2022, inkjet print, 45x80 cm, ph.credits Roberto Marossi
MEGAGALATTICO, installation view Family Matters @Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio, Bologna 2017
Irene Fenara's work investigates the gesture behind every photographic operation: watching. In particular, she observes, investigates and interprets the way machines look. There are hundreds of mechanical glances in front of which we pass every day. Irene Fenara focuses on surveillance cameras. Devices introduced and spread for reasons of control and security, or rather to protect us from others, also trigger a series of insecurities. The images they show are often unclear, dirtied by a series of errors, such as an obstacle in front of the lens, a lack of resolution or an evident chromatic alteration. Just like our eyes, they (re)see and transform reality, catapulting us into an alternative and mysterious universe.
Her work has been exhibited in public and private institutions such as Fondazione Prada Osservatorio (Milan 2016), Fondazione Fotografia (Modena 2017), MAMbo - Museum of Modern Art (Bologna 2018), Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Rome 2018), Kunst Merano Arte (Merano 2019), Villa Merkel (Esslingen 2020), ZERO… (Milan 2021), Triennale (Milan 2021), Basel Social Club (Basel 2022), ICA (Milan 2022), MAXXI (Rome 2022), MACTE (Termoli 2023), Palazzo Bentivoglio (Bologna 2023) and Museion (Bolzano 2023). She’s among the artists in RETROFUTURO project at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, MACRO, and she is currently an artist-in-residence in the international program of Atelier Mondial in Basel, CH.
fenarairene@gmail.com