CORPUS NATURAE (2024), curated by Benedetta Carpi De Resmini and promoted by the Assessorato alla Cultura of Roma Capitale and Azienda Speciale Palaexpo, is organized by Azienda Speciale Palaexpo in collaboration with Latitudo and supported by the Instituto Cervantes of Rome and the Lithuanian Culture Institute.

The exhibition creates an intergenerational dialogue between two remarkable artists: Bianca Pucciarelli Menna, also known as Tomaso Binga (born in Salerno in 1931), and María Ángeles Vila Tortosa (born in Valencia in 1978).

Though these women come from different generations and backgrounds, their work conveys a shared vision that questions the dominance, hierarchy, and appropriation rooted in capitalist, patriarchal, and anthropocentric modernity.

The central theme linking the two artists is the language of plants and the deep relationship between the body and nature. María Ángeles Vila Tortosa explores the plant world through printmaking, reflecting on its importance in daily life for protection, domestic care, and the fundamental connections between plants and humanity. Tomaso Binga’s works, created from the 1970s to the present, emphasize the intrinsic connection between nature, art, and the human experience, especially focusing on the female body. Her work reveals a strong commitment to her gender, challenging long-standing practices of subjugation.

The exhibition encourages reflection on our relationship with the Earth and the plant world. It calls for a biocentric understanding of the universe and aims to uncover the many, often unconscious, connections between the works of Tomaso Binga and María Ángeles Vila Tortosa and the research of archaeologist Marija Gimbutas (Vilnius 1921 – Los Angeles 1994). Gimbutas’ studies centered on the sacred ties between nature and femininity, and she helped raise awareness of the ancient reverence for Earth as the Great Mother Goddess. Her work highlights the importance of a cyclical view of the universe.