LOTTOZERO PRESENTS EVERY MONTH I WEAVE, A SOLO EXHIBITION BY LISELORE FROWIJN

With the solo exhibition Every Month I Weave by Dutch artist Liselore Frowijn, Lottozero Kunsthalle in Prato opens a new chapter in its exhibition program, which for the 2025-2026 biennium is dedicated to exploring the expressive and conceptual potential of Soft Sculpture.

On view until July 27, 2025, Every Month I Weave draws inspiration from the figure of Margherita Datini, wife of the 14th-century textile merchant Francesco Datini of Prato, and unfolds as a layered reflection on the invisible labor of women – long the hidden backbone of Western economies. Through an extensive body of work – including textile sculptures and digitally woven jacquard tapestries – Frowijn weaves together past and present in a political narrative that investigates the historical and contemporary conditions of women’s labor, with a particular focus on the multicultural textile district of Prato.

The exhibition takes shape through the combined use of archival materials and contemporary imagery, giving form to a female genealogy of production and care, in dialogue with the thought of ecofeminist philosopher Silvia Federici. The works propose a reinterpretation of the female body as a political and affective space, exploring themes of subjugation, memory, and resistance.

At the heart of the exhibition lies the series Outfit of the Night, composed of four monumental tapestries woven on a digital jacquard loom. In these works, the figure of Margherita Datini emerges as an emblem of the women excluded from official historical narratives, yet central to sustaining – both materially and symbolically – the structures of male economic power. The tapestries interlace archival documents, textile iconographies, and glimpses of the city of Prato, both medieval and contemporary, incorporating also the faces and signs of today’s textile workers, including members of the Chinese community, who often remain unseen yet are essential to the local economy.

Each tapestry is woven in a single tone – red, green, blue, and black – colors that reference both the RGB coding of digital imagery and the medieval dyed wools preserved in the Datini Archive. In this way, Frowijn forges a bridge between the origins of Prato’s textile trade and contemporary production technologies, activating a visual dialogue between tradition and innovation.

The exhibition journey concludes with the series Super Sofas – The Fruits of the Loom, in which the female body is transformed into a piece of furniture, hybridizing anatomical forms – breasts, hips, buttocks – with elements of padding and domestic design. In these works, femininity is deconstructed into aesthetic and functional components, creating a short-circuit between desire, comfort, and commodification.

With Every Month I Weave, Liselore Frowijn presents a deeply political visual inquiry into the perception and representation of the female body in Western capitalist society, employing the language of Soft Sculpture as both a critical and narrative tool. Critical text by Alessandra Tempesti. Info: www.lottozero.org