'Gaia FUGAZZA: Virginity is not a contraceptive' brings together a selection of works from Fugazza’s renowned Contraceptive series, depicting  the more mundane aspects of female fertility, alongside works displaying the wonders of nature and the universe - constellations, childbirth and animal figures reminiscent of the traces found in the Lascaux caves. In presenting different female contraception’s methods, the artist is interested in addressing this subject from an artistic, psychological, botanical and scientific point of view. In Natural Response, 2019 she attempts to represent the many entities that populate a person, and the constant shift between the perception of the self as a unity and as an interconnected multitude. Linked to contemporary life, her “paintings” are inspired by archetypes of the past while possibly presenting themselves as propositions for the future. Quelli che si allontanano [The ones who walk away], 2019, shows how Fugazza’s research gives access to knowledge according to languages and meanings between common reality and altered states of consciousness. Visually, most of the work’s surface has undergone a process of paring away, and in some areas the paint is stripped back or burned to reveal rough wood: by reducing to the bare minimum, Fugazza reveals the elemental necessity of her subject matter.

Gaia FUGAZZA’s (b. 1985, Milan) practice includes paintings and performance, exploring the troubled relationship of humans and the natural environment, plant knowledge, reproduction and transcendental practices. Recent solo and duo exhibitions of Fugazza’s work have been held at Häusler Contemporary; Zurich, Gallleriapiù; Bologna. Recent performances include Transcendence, Royal Academy of Arts, London; Super Nature in two Parts, Lisson Gallery, London; Baltic Triennial 13, South London Gallery, London; Star Messenger, LUX, London; Water from the Waist Down, Kunsthall Oslo.Her work has been featured in several Biennales and institutional shows such as the 13 Baltic Triennal, Glasstress, Venice, Mediterranea, Milan, The London Open, Whitechapel Gallery; Hrm 199 Ltd, Tinguely Museum, Basel.