Wandering the world with an eye for the obscure poetic detail, Paola Ferrario creates photographs that she groups in grids and sequences with an inherent formal logic. From a Greek high-rise replete with absurd repairs to a disintegrating tile floor in her Italian home town, Ferrario flags signs of material decline whilst finding within them the oddest sort of beauty. Especially lovely is a series showing her own hand displaying various finds, from a tiny toy gun to a large yellow mushroom, the self-portrait of an artist for whom attention is a sign of productive labor.
