The bitter taste of the present in Morosini's Grand Buffet
The bitter taste of the present in Morosini's Grand Buffet

The bitter taste of the present in Morosini's Grand Buffet

An hypertrophic and ironic banquet that stages the contradictions of our time: from the excess of consumption to ethical drift. Between painting, installations, and mixed techniques, Marco Morosini invites the audience to reflect on what — and who — is truly devouring whom.

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An atlas of our time

Gran Buffet, the solo exhibition by Marco Morosini, promoted by the Municipality of Pesaro and the Pescheria Foundation - Visual Arts Center, in collaboration with Pesaro Museums and with the support of Marche Multiservizi, opened on Saturday, October 18, 2025, and will remain open until December 8, 2025.
A series of works presented as a visual feast: canvases, mixed media, and installations that make up an atlas of contemporary contradictions, where the human being is both diner and dish. Morosini intertwines different languages to provide a powerful reflection on the ethical and cultural drift of consumption, transforming nourishment into a market and the market into a religion.

The paradox of global nourishment

Gran Buffet doesn't just talk about food. His works, inspired by pop culture and crafted with meticulous care, address the most urgent themes of contemporary society: the excess of food production and waste, the dependence on diets and fitness, but also global inequalities, the commodification of bodies, and biotechnological developments that redefine the very concept of life.
In the background, a recognizable and seductive imagery: Nutella jars, canned tuna, plastic bottles, vacuum-packed meat, transgenic eggs become icons of our collective obsession with consumption and appearance. Each work both entertains and unsettles, revealing the voracity of a system that consumes itself.

A symbolic and critical supermarket

Entering Gran Buffet means immersing oneself in a symbolic supermarket, a solid sea of plastic where matter becomes metaphor. Morosini constructs a critical device that invites the viewer to question what they choose to put on their plate and, above all, what they are willing to sacrifice in the name of consumption.
The exhibition is configured as a visual ballet of irony and denunciation, where aesthetic pleasure intertwines with a corrosive subtext: not only food, but bodies, resources, freedom, and ethics become commodities in an endless global banquet.
Because, as the artist states, “the real question is not what we are eating, but what is eating us.”

A debut celebrating Pesaro and contemporary art

With Gran Buffet, Pesaro welcomes for the first time an exhibition by Marco Morosini, an artist and designer from Pesaro who has been carrying out original and recognizable research worldwide for years. "It is a great satisfaction for me that this debut is happening today, in a city that, after the experience of being the Italian Capital of Culture 2024, continues to stand out as a place open to creativity and innovation," emphasize the organizers.
The exhibition is dedicated to Mario, the artist's father, "who loved the city of Pesaro so much." The catalog is published by NFC Edizioni, with a presentation by Roberta Ridolfi, and the vernissage will be accompanied by a cocktail offered by Birra Viola.

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