Beatrice Marchi Scrolling (B Shoes), 2025

Scrolling (B Shoes) depicts a sequence of repeated views of a pair of brown shoes, shown from different angles and positions across the canvas. The composition recalls the fragmented layout of a screen, where images are cropped and arranged like product shots or stills in a scrolling feed.

Beatrice Marchi interrupts the painted surface with a dark, screen-like glass rectangle that blocks the upper-left corner of the image. This obstruction points to the way screens mediate and obscure everyday experience, turning even ordinary objects into images to be viewed, compared, and consumed. The painting also reflects Marchi’s broader interest in identity as something constructed through roles and social codes, while also addressing the restless visual habits of contemporary life.