Look Closer – 7 Artworks in the bedroom (2° ed.)
Look Closer
7 artworks in the bedroom
(Second Edition)
Exhibition
from 19 June 2025 – December 2025
Open by appointment every day from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM
or by staying at SuperOtium.
Opening
19 June 2025 6:30 PM
C/O SuperOtium
via Santa Teresa degli Scalzi, 8 – 80135 Napoli
Project@superotium.it
After a first edition that quietly fulfilled its promise—creating moments of dialogue between international guests and the local creative community—Look Closer – 7 artworks in the bedroom returns to SuperOtium for its second chapter.
The project invites seven curators to each select one artist whose practice resonates with the layered identity of Naples. Their works will inhabit the rooms of SuperOtium, weaving themselves into the everyday life of a space that is both home and threshold—between travel and staying, between the city and the world.
Through a simple yet deeply rooted intuition tied to the nature of the city of Naples, the curators engage with the coexistence of contrasting visions within the same space. The project questions how these differences can generate a complex, multi-layered urban narrative that reflects a variety of perspectives and possible interpretations.
Look Closer is not a traditional exhibition, but rather an exercise in attention: an invitation to slow down one’s gaze, to notice fractures and details that are invisible at first glance. It is an invitation to explore Naples through contrasts and insights — those of the artists who live here, or who have chosen this city as their home.
The 2025 curators and artists are:
Francesca Blandino for Collezione Agovino presents Vile Flower by Adriano Tenore
Galleria Tiziana Di Caro presents Embroidering spaces, erasing forms (il mio silenzio per i tuoi occhi) by Teresa Gargiulo
Dispaccio presents Silence is a Gift by Ciro Battiloro
Pietro Gaglianò presents 367+1 3′‘ e imagining you as an island, 46°00′21′′N 9°00′07′′E by Chiara Arturo
Raffaella Morra & Loredana Troise present Tess by Libero De Cunzo
Adriana Rispoli presents Creature di Napoli by Nives Widauer
Lorenzo Xiques Lopez & Dario Biancullo present A seat with yourself by Kobramulata
Opening: 19 June 2025
On view through December 2025.
Project by SuperOtium
Curated by Nicola Ciancio
Photo: Amedeo Benestante
Short Biographical Notes
Francesca Blandino – Art historian, curator, and educator at Fondazione Morra Greco. For the Collezione Agovino, she curates the work of Adriano Tenore, known for his immersive audiovisual practices and reflections on the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence.
Tiziana Di Caro – Art historian and founder of the gallery that bears her name. She selects Teresa Gargiulo, a young Neapolitan artist who works with language and the evocative power of words.
Ivano Bove (Dispaccio) – Curator and cultural promoter, founder of Dispaccio Napoli. He curates the work of Ciro Battiloro, a photographer who explores urban marginality and everyday poetics.
Pietro Gaglianò – Independent curator and educator, whose work focuses on the relationship between art, pedagogy, and urban context. He curates the work of Chiara Arturo, a visual artist and architect with a multidisciplinary approach.
Raffaella Morra & Loredana Troise – Curators and educators with experience in visual and sound-performance art. They curate the work of Libero De Cunzo, a photographer and teacher engaged in an ongoing reflection on landscape and visual ethics.
Adriana Rispoli – Art historian and curator with a focus on environmental and site-specific art. She curates the work of Nives Widauer, an artist whose practice weaves together autobiography, myth, and ritual.
Lorenzo Xiques Lopez & Dario Biancullo – Curators attentive to queer activism and radical visual practices. They curate the work and intervention of Kobramulata, a transgender artist of Brazilian origin working across performance, poetry, and digital media.
SuperOtium is an art hotel and artist residency located in the heart of Naples’ historic center. Since 2017, it has promoted a model of hospitality integrated with creative research, collective experiences, and dialogue with the local and international artistic community.
