Down Dog, by Marta Roberti. With Marta Roberti and Cecilia Canziani. In collaboration with Les Cerises and z2o Sara Zanin Gallery. Part of Bande de Femmes

On the occasion of Marta Roberti’s exhibition, we’re happy to present her book in Leporello with Cecilia Canziani, curator and Les Cerises publisher.

In Marta Roberti’s drawings, created on paper using carbon paper as if it were paint or transfer paper, the human body, always a self-portrait, exists in symbiosis with the natural and plant world, because identity is transformation and metamorphosis.

In yoga, each position is named after an animal: in this book, the author teaches us to observe how our little friends move and rest, and to invent new postures and ways of occupying space based on their movements.

Marta Roberti’s research investigates the relationships between humans, animals, and plants, exploring the myths and archaeology of various civilizations, using drawing as a meditative and ritual gesture that brings Eastern and Western imagery into dialogue. The self-portrait is the recurring form she has chosen to revisit the world of myth.