Miart Milan
Booth C06
16 – 19 April 2026
ChertLüdde dedicates this year’s Miart presentation to questions of history and memory, how they are constructed, contested, and continually reactivated in the present.
At the center of the booth stands a neon work by Monia Ben Hamouda reading, “History is happening / right now / outside these walls / yet we stand here / trying so hard / to understand it / through a / million-year-distance.” The piece anchors the presentation in a tension between immediacy and distance, reminding us that history is not only inherited, but unfolding in real time.
The presentation further stages a dialogue between a historic position and contemporary practices. Works by Clemen Parrocchetti, who recently had a survey exhibition at the Museo Novecento, enter into conversation with artists such as Selma Selman, Stephanie Comilang, and Sofía Salazar Rosales. Across generations, their works explore embodied memory, resilience, and the politics of narration.
A second dialogue unfolds between David Horvitz’s Nostalgia series and the postcard works of Petrit Halilaj. Each proposes a distinct reading of memory and examines how it can be activated, circulated, and transformed through exchange and revision.
Monia Ben Hamouda, Monument to Vulnerability IV (Stoning of the Devil), 2024; Neon, aluminum, spices; 200 × 145 cm. Installation view from “Exposure – Art, culture, fashion in and out of the showcase”, curated by Katya Inozemtseva and Sara Rizzo, MUDEC Museo delle Culture, Milan, 2024
Sofía Salazar Rosales, De nieve y esmeralda, 2025; Copper, aluminium, iron, plastic bottle, plaster; 151 × 64.5 × 21 cm. Photo by Nicolas Brasseur
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Petrit Halilaj, Abetare Postcard (Dogliani with little house), 2026; Postcard, ink, frame, metal; 49 × 42.2 × 5 cm. Photo by Marjorie Brunet Plaza
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Clemen Parrocchetti, Triangolo Rovesciato / Reverse Triangle, 1980 – 81; Sequins on padded canvas painted and covered with colored tulle; 55.5 × 75 × 5 cm. Photo by Marjorie Brunet Plaza
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Stephanie Comilang, Knive Money / Sugar, 2025; Embroidered Denim on tea-dyed fabric fabric element; 73 × 111 × 2.5 cm. Photo by Marjorie Brunet Plaza
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Selma Selman, Medusa (Do Not Look Into Our Eyes), 2026; Oil on Mercedes hood; 140 × 121 × 15 cm. Photo by Marjorie Brunet Plaza
David Horvitz, My head submerged into basil., 2016 – ongoing; (Nostalgia series); The sentence is a caption to a photograph that no longer exists. The sentence can be installed using any medium. The sentence can be installed using any font. The sentence can be installed in any size. Dimensions variable