Over the last decade, Diego Marcon (*1985) has used cinematic and sculpture means to interrogate the fraught relationship between reality and representation. Tracing inspirations ranging from the cinematic genres of horror to slapstick comedy, the musical to the cartoon, the Italian artist presents a selection of new and recent sculptures, videos, and films for his first exhibition in Switzerland. Marcon’s protagonists—a rapturously singing boy, a miniature marching band, and a murderous father—invite us into worlds that are at once poignant, absurd, and often a little uncanny.
Diego Marcon
Have You Checked the Children
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Diego Marcon, Monelle, 2017. Film still. Courtesy the artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London
Diego Marcon, Il malatino, 2017. Standbild. Courtesy der Künstler und Sadie Coles HQ, London
Diego Marcon, Ludwig, 2018. Video still. Courtesy the artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London
59th Internationale Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, The Milk of Dreams, 2022. Installation view: Diego Marcon, The Parents’ Room, 2021. Photo: Andrea Rossetti / La Biennale di Venezia. Courtesy the artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London