“Lonely Are All Bridges. Birgit Jürgenssen and Cinzia Ruggeri” at Fondazione ICA

The theme of the double is explored in the fourth room with self-portraits by Birgit Jürgenssen and the famous “Italy Boots” (1986) by Cinzia Ruggieri. The imaginary bond between these two artists becomes tighter throughout the exhibition investigating the theme of the ladder and using the shoes as extensions of the body or a form of constraint, like the row of shoes facing the wall collected by Ruggieri.

Through a playful yet serious, if not tragic, way of narrating society and its incongruences, Birgit Jürgenssen and Cinzia Ruggeri reflect on clothes and accessories as a way to express identity but also as a tool to analyze the societal and physical spaces occupied by women.

Birgit Jürgenssen
Untitled (Body Projection), 1988 Color photograph, Vintage Print © Estate Birgit Jürgenssen / Bildrecht Vienna, 2025; Courtesy Galerie Hubert Winter

Birgit Jürgenssen and Cinzia Ruggeri. Lonely Are All Bridges. Curated by Maurizio Cattelan and Marta Papini

January 16, 2024 – March 15, 2025

ICA Milano
Institute for the Contemporary Arts Milan, Via Orobia 26

Thursday 2 – 6 pm
Friday – Saturday, 12 – 7 pm