Ida’s Room

Nino Gherzi - Grandstander

Currently on view at Ida’s Room - viewings by appointment only - don’t miss this one!

“Although we find these stretched on a wall, a scarf isn’t only looked at. It gets folded, knotted, draped, sweated into, worn against
somebody else’s skin. The Minotaur is no longer something to run away from, a monster of masculine expectations and virile ideals.
Instead, he becomes something to put on, to drape, and to adorn oneself with. These scarves originated within Nino’s larger installation “Biiig Bull” and therefore arrive at Ida’s Room as remnants of another environment, rather than isolated designs. Old, hay-stuffed and worn out boxing gloves, antique weights, exercise bands, bull heads in all their heady prowess, serve as accoutrements, “de-horned” by stitches and ribbons. The display is intentionally excessive and exaggerated.”

Text & curation by the fabulous @tuckerworld

1. “No. 3”, 2025, acrylic on egyptian cotton, u: 76, r: 78.5 d: 75.5 l: 77 cm
2. “No. 2” 2025, acrylic on egyptian cotton, u: 75.5, r: 75.5 d: 76 l: 79.5 cm
3. “No. 4”,2025, acrylic on egyptian cotton, u: 74.5, r: 79.5 d: 76.5 l: 79.5 cm