Pennacchio Argentato is an Italian artistic duo composed by Pasquale Pennacchio (1979; Caserta) and Marisa Argentato (1977; Naples). Their artworks play with the idea of representation, ownership, and observation of our time and its social, economic social, humanitarian, political and technological issues. Their artistic practice involves formal and visual strategies of abstraction, repetition, appropriation, enlargement, and fragmentation. The artists spans across diverse medium and techniques ranging from performative materials such as titanium and carbon kevlar to more typical contemporary sculpture materials such as concrete and acrylic resins. Additionally, the artists assimilate projections into their sculptures and experiment with 3D modeling techniques. Her works
has been showcased among International Museums and cultural institutions such as Le Magasin -Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France; Villa Croce Contemporary Art Museum, Genoa; MUSAC -Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain; Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis; MUHKA -Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Belgium; Landings Project Space, Vestfossen; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Frankfurt Kunstverein, Frankfurt amMain.

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