Art Basel 2024
with special Kabinett presentation
Booth N7
10-16 June 2024

ChertLüdde is returning to Art Basel in 2024 with a presentation of works by Monia Ben Hamouda, Sol Calero, Gabriel Chaile, Stephanie Comilang, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Patrizio di Massimo, Petrit Halilaj, Franco Mazzucchelli, Clemen Parrocchetti, Sofía Salazar Rosales, Álvaro Urbano, and Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt. 

The ChertLüdde booth also hosts The Moth in the Closet, a special Kabinett exhibiting the works of Italian militant feminist Clemen Parrocchetti (1923-2016, Milan, Italy). In the 1990s – inspired by the moths festering in her own closet and consuming her textile artworks – Parrocchetti began depicting common moths as intricate and resilient creatures through drawings and fabric sculptures. In this intimate and wood-covered environmental installation, these rarely-seen artworks by Parrocchetti challenge the subjects’ ordinariness, presenting the winged creatures as potent lifeforms.

As a part of Art Basel Parcours, Stephanie Comilang will be exhibiting the installation Search for Life at Verein Bajour on Clarastrasse. Based on a film the artist created under the same title, and commissioned by Fundación TBA21, Sharjah Art Foundation, and The Vega Foundation, the installation presents piña fabric sculptures and collages. They tell the story of long-distance migratory routes of the Painted Lady and the Monarch butterflies as well as the history of Spanish colonial trade shipping routes.

Installation views of Art Basel Booth with special Kabinett presentation, ChertLüdde, Basel, 2024

Clemen Parrocchetti, Installation view of The Moth in the Closet, Art Basel special Kabinett presentation, ChertLüdde Booth, Basel, 2024

Selected artworks

Monia Ben Hamouda, Blindness, Blossom and Desertification XIII; Mixed media on raw cotton (Puglia Blue handwash powder, Catalunya red soil, Pu-Erh red tea, olive trees soil, olive oil, henna powder, grass, charcoal); 235 × 195 × 4 cm

Sol Calero, La tercera ventana, 2023; Acrylic paint on canvas; 170 × 150 × 4.5 cm

Gabriel Chaile, Selva Tucumana, 2024; Clay, metal with artist frame; 185 × 185 cm

Stephanie Comilang, Manton de Manila – 1, 2024; Embroidery on pineapple fabric, maniquin; Approximately: 180 × 60 × 90 cm; Dimensions variable

Pauline Curnier Jardin, 18’ 09’’ 10 (Fat to Ashes), 2023; Bas relief in glazed ceramic; 72 × 94 × 10 cm

Patrizio di Massimo, Magenta Empty Bed (For V.), 2024; 200 × 160; 205 × 165 × 5 cm

Petrit Halilaj, Shkrepëtima (Toka Jonë), 2018; Red velvet curtain, metal bar and wheels, props (woollen yarn and spool, embroidery hoop and needle, a wooden rifle); installation: 360 × 185 × 100 cm

Franco Mazzucchelli, Bieca Decorazione, 2017; Pvc, air, wood structure; 107 × 107 × 15 cm

Clemen Parrocchetti, La luna interrotta dal fulmine / The moon interrupted by lightning, 1985; Sequin and thread embroidery on black canvas sewn on gauze; 68 × 64 × 1.2 cm

Sofía Salazar Rosales, They ask to stay, 2024; Glass beads, charcoal, iron wire, nylon thread, vinyl glue, metal and epoxy; 253 × 30 × 25 cm

Álvaro Urbano, Veins, 2024; Metal, paint; 283 × 158 × 82 cm

The Moth in the Closet

ChertLüdde is delighted to present The Moth in the Closet with selected works by Clemen Parrocchetti (1923-2016, Milan) as an Art Basel 2024 Kabinett. An intimate space with dark wood walls, this environmental installation will create the atmosphere of a closet. Only fitting one visitor at a time, it will exhibit a series of drawings and a fabric sculpture preserved in plexiglass cases.

Parrocchetti’s historical position embodies an eruptive artistic presence that unravels the politics behind common objects of artisanship. While the 1970s feminist momentum in Italy largely shaped her career, Parrocchetti began to focus on the animal world and her relationship with it in the last decades of her life. In the 1990s – inspired by the moths festering in her own closet and consuming her artworks – Parrocchetti began depicting common moths as intricate and resilient creatures. Her studies of moths, lice and other bugs, challenged her subjects’ ordinariness, presenting these winged creatures as potent lifeforms.

Clemen Parrocchetti, Tarma / Moth, 1998; Object embroidered with wool thread on cloth and wire; 47 × 38 × 22 cm

Clemen Parrocchetti, Tarma / Moth, 1999; Ink and watercolor on paper; 24 × 33 cm; 42.5 × 51.5 × 2.8 cm (framed)

Clemen Parrocchetti, Tinea pellionella – Tarma della lana / Tinea pellionella – Wool moth, 2000; Indian ink on paper; 24.6 × 34.8 cm; 43 × 53 × 2.8 cm (framed)

Clemen Parrocchetti, Tarma a precipizio sui panni / Moth precipitating on the cloths, 1997; Indian ink on paper; 34.7 × 24.7 cm;
53 × 43 × 2.8 cm (framed)

Clemen Parrocchetti, Scorpione, Macchina da Guerra / Scorpion, War Machine, 1997; Oil and ink on paper; 21 × 29.7 cm; 39.5 × 48 × 2.8 cm (framed)

Clemen Parrocchetti, Blatta / Cockroach, 2000; Ink and watercolor on paper; 30.3 × 40.2 cm; 50 × 60 × 2.8 cm (framed)

Installation views by Andrea Rossetti
Repros by Marjorie Brunet Plaza