Valentina Vaccarella at Sentiment
Solo Show «Cue Marks», February 14 until March 28, 2026
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Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Cue Marks
A cue mark, or “cigarette burn,” is a small circular dot within a single frame of film — an imprint in cinema history, appearing on the screen like a flash of photic retinopathy. Cue marks were crucial in analogue film, notifying projectionists of an upcoming transition.Ten Autographs, Ten Personas
Each film star’s autograph is a mirage of embodiment, emanating the name with mythos and proliferating with each repetition in the same near-exact manner of hand. Holes in the narrative begin to appear, and scandals are forgotten, allowing the focus to linger on interiority and persona — a rupture of self and screen. The canvas, like the film frame, is perforated — violent and exposed — in gold and silver leaf, palladium, enamel, oil, silk organza, and crushed stones. The debris operates as residue and evidence. Each work occupies a distinct mode of exposure: actors whose images exceeded their agency. And yet the autograph remains a keepsake, punctured in a state of flow.
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks ; view on The Damned, 2026, Acrylic, pyrite and holes, 155 × 173 cm» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks ; view on The Damned (detail), 2026, Acrylic, pyrite and holes, 155 × 173 cm» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks ; view on Possession, 2026, Silver leaf and holes on canvas, 48 × 63.5 cm» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks ; view on Mr. Klein, 2026, Silver leaf, palladium leaf, clear quartz, marble dust and holes on canvas, 48 × 63.5 cm» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks ; view on Mr. Klein (detail), 2026, Silver leaf, palladium leaf, clear quartz, marble dust and holes on canvas, 48 × 63.5 cm» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks ; view on Three Colors: Blue, 2026, Oil, inkjet and holes on canvas, 60 × 101 cm» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks ; view on The Last Mistress, 2026, Organza and holes on canvas, 53 × 91 cm» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks ; view on Aguirre, the Wrath of God, 2026, Enamel, black obsidian and holes on canvas, 48 × 63.5 cm» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks ; view on L'important c'est d'aimer, 2026, Silk and holes, 105 × 155 cm» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks ; view on Manon des Sources, 2026, Organza and holes on canvas, 23 × 30.5 cm» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks ; view on Tess, 2026, 22kt fold leaf, pyrrhotite and holes on canvas, 48 × 63.5 cm» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks ; view on Tess (detail), 2026, 22kt fold leaf, pyrrhotite and holes on canvas, 48 × 63.5 cm» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
Exhibition View Solo Show Valentina Vaccarella «Cue Marks ; view on E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, 2026, 22kt gold leaf and holes on canvas, 48 × 63.5 cm» at Sentiment, Zurich, 2026 / Photo: Philipp Rupp / Courtesy: the artist and Sentiment
