On October 31, SUTURA will open “The game is NOT HER”: the exhibition presents Elena Bellantoni’s NOT HER series, created in 2023 for the Dior Spring-Summer 2024 fashion show at the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, and reimagined for SUTURA in a new version, in collaboration with the Turin Institute of Physical Therapy.

In outpatient settings and within the exhibition space, Bellantoni’s works become a provocative and interstitial presence that challenges both the clinical and sociocultural perspectives, deconstructing the language and imagery associated with the female body. Through this project, SUTURA implements a substantial methodological innovation: rethinking the devices, instruments, and furnishings typical of medical practice, focusing on the doctor’s office as a space for relationships and encounters—a daily threshold where the body is observed, measured, described, and treated.

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Elena Bellantoni (1975) is a visual artist and professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. She holds a degree in Contemporary Art History and an MA in Visual Art from the University of the Arts London. Her work focuses on identity and otherness through the use of the body and various media (video, photography, installation, sculpture, and drawing).
Among her most recent projects are her participation in the exhibition *Tragicomica* at MAXXI in Rome, curated by Andrea Bellini and Francesco Stocchi; her selection as a finalist for the 2024 Mario Merz Prize; and the installation *NOT HER* for the Dior SS24 fashion show in Paris.
She has won prestigious awards and residencies, including the MIBACT Italian Council (2018), the Talent Prize (2014), and the Soma Mexico residency (2016). She has exhibited internationally (MAXXI Rome, the National Gallery of Rome, the Farnesina Collection, Manifesta 12 and 13). Her works are included in major public and private collections, and she is the author of several monographs, including *Parole Passeggere* (Castelvecchi, 2023).