LEA CULETTO: COMBING THROUGH, exhibition
April 11 @ 12:00 pm - May 6 @ 7:00 pm
SCCA, Institute for Contemporary Art – Ljubljana
Škuc Gallery,
Stari trg 21, Ljubljana
from 11 April to 6 May 2025
Opening of the exhibition: Friday, 11 April 2025, at 19:00
Exhibition viewing: April 11 – May 6, 2025, Tuesday to Sunday, 12:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Lee Culetto’s solo exhibition Combing Through presents the artist’s latest project, in which she explores the socio-cultural view of the female body, this time through the prism of hair, hairiness and beauty standards. The artist explores the history of hair and its duality – simultaneously alive and dead, valued and disgusting – while uncovering myths, spells and superstitions in which hair symbolised power and identity. Through these narratives, the female body was often disciplined and controlled.
Lea Culetto creates in various media. She often uses manual skills and crafts such as sewing, knitting and embroidery, which were traditionally considered women’s work. She combines these approaches with sustainable technologies and new recipes. Among other things, she collects her own hair, grinds it into pigments and mixes it with bio-based materials, thus preparing bioplastic beads for stringing jewelry, ink for writing or bio-textiles. In doing so, she draws on Victorian mourning jewelry, and her work emphasize the deep cultural significance of hair while simultaneously provoking disgust and discomfort associated with natural bodily processes.
Lea Culetto (1995) completed her postgraduate studies in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design (ALUO). As a self-employed cultural practitioner, she works in the field of visual arts, with an emphasis on a feminist approach. Using textiles and mixed media, she creates objects and installations through which she questions ideals, taboos and notions of the female body, often drawing on personal experience. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions and festivals in Slovenia and abroad. She also conducts various workshops and works as a costume designer.
LEA CULETTO
SCCA-LJUBLJANA, GALERIJA ŠKUC
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