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EDIE MONETTI
BASCULEIn the series presented in Bascule, fleetingly painted animal bodies appear within grids and fields of color. These structures recall the painting of Monetti’s enduring influences, such as Förg and Palermo, yet the organic forms simultaneously undermine this order. Grids and fields, long associated with control and clarity, become sites of disintegration. The organic intrudes, dissolves, and unsettles, questioning the very notion of a stable, sovereign form.
Horses emerge as idealised embodiments of sensitive, alert creatures attuned to their surroundings. At the same time, they evoke a long art-historical association with suffering, recalling the anguished imagery of Picasso and the restless, violent steeds of Delacroix. They also function purely as formal elements, their bodies suggesting forward motion and direction that often leads beyond the canvas. This interplay generates a tension between disruption and stability, a dynamic that animates the paintings and lingers in the viewer’s perception.
Monetti emphasises the experience of becoming absorbed in detail, lingering over the horses’ faces as layers of oil paint accumulate over days to form a second skin that approaches the psychological. She sets this richly worked surface against the abrupt, flat immediacy of a quickly rendered grid, creating a dialogue between depth and restraint that feels both instinctive and precise.
The series quotes and deconstructs simultaneously, honoring and disturbing, refusing a clear or stable reading. Through these quasi-ironic shifts, Monetti celebrates quotation while questioning the act of reverence itself.
Hierarchies are challenged not only in content but through process. In the shifting rhythms of the work, Monetti’s attention moves between distance and devotion, generating an ongoing tension between movement and stillness. This charged in-between state shapes each surface from within, producing a quiet force that animates the image rather than allowing it to remain still.
Edie Monetti (1986, Munich, Germany) lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. She graduated with special honors from the Academy of Arts in Munich under Prof. Günther Förg.
Bascule 17, 2025
oil on canvas
185 x 135 cm / 74 3/4 x 53 1/8 in
Bascule 11, 2025
oil, marble sand, spray paint and acrylics on canvas
110 x 90 cm / 43 1/4 x 35 3/8 in
Bascule 15, 2025
oil and marble sand on canvas
60 x 60 cm / 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in
Bascule 14, 2025
oil and acrylic on canvas
120 x 180 cm / 47 1/4 x 70 7/8 in
Bascule 13, 2025
oil, spray colour and acrylics on canvas
110 x 90 cm / 43 1/4 x 35 3/8 in
Bascule 3, 2025
oil and acrylics on canvas
150 x 125 cm / 59 x 49 1/4 in