Elisabetta Benassi

Italian artist Elisabetta Benassi’s solo show, ‘The Sovereign Individual’ at Galerie Jousse Entreprise (@galeriejousseentreprise) in Paris (last year) presented a selection of the artist’s recent works, including two installations specially devised for the gallery space.

Elisabetta Benassi (Rome, 1966) is an Italian artist. In her work she critically observes the cultural, political and artistic legacy of modernity, as well as broader, often controversial political and cultural themes of our time. Using diverse media – installation, photography, video – she thus emotionally engages and questions the viewer while tracing troubled and contested timelines. From the background of her pieces emerges a questioning of contemporary identity and of the conditions of the present. Her work has been shown at several venues worldwide, including the Venice Biennale.