Carlotta Mazzariol explores the unsettled everyday at Sala Nova

Andrea Festa is presenting The Cat is Under the Table, a solo exhibition by Carlotta Mazzariol, at Sala Nova. The exhibition is on view until March 19th, 2026. Mazzariol’s presentation in Sala Nova moves through the threshold between the familiar and the elusive—moments when a scene appears instantly recognizable yet resists a stable definition. Rooted in an intimate, everyday iconography— gardens, courtyards, terraces—the works stage a suspended narrative: something has just happened, is about to happen, or has already slipped away. The artist’ s paintings originate from a constellation of images—personal photographic archives, lived and remembered spaces, fragments found online, and invention. Across the surface, a “patch” (macchia) painting method—at once free and carefully governed—creates a permeability between figures, objects, and atmosphere, where definition and chance coexist. Presence is repeatedly deferred: figures seem elsew