I’ve just spent the afternoon at the professional sneak peek of Artissima, Turin’s contemporary art fair. Since i’m still uploading the hundreds of pictures i took, going through the catalogue, trying to identify the performances and screenings worth attending over the coming days and wondering whether i shouldn’t get away from this screen and head to the Share festival right now (whoever decided that the few interesting art events in this town should be crammed together in a couple of days should be submitted to the ordeal of hot water), i’m going to do the lazy thing and give you an easy preview of Artissima using a selection of the press images i received a few hours ago. I promise to be more diligent tomorrow. In the meantime, here are the goods:
Vimmie Durham, Africa and Antinomianism, 2010. Courtesy of the Artist and Opdahl, Stavanger, Berlin
Gianni Pettena, Someone call him pig, Minneapolis, USA, 1971.
Courtesy Enrico Fornello, Milano
Eva Kotatkova, House Arrest, 2009. Courtesy Conduits, Milano
I loved this one and i’ll add that the Polish galleries rocked the fair this year:
Radek Szlaga, Survivors, 2010. Courtesy LETO, Warsaw
Emily Jacir, Ramallah Mall, 2006. Courtesy Alberto Peola, Torino
John Duncan, Rage Room, 2010. Courtesy Niklas Belenius, Stockholm
Birgit Jurgenssen, Ohne Titel (Olga), 1979. Estate of Birgit Jürgenssen, ph347
. Courtesy Hubert Winter, Wien
Tomoko Sawada, Decoration/Face
2009
. Courtesy Connoisseur Contemporary, Hong Kong
Liam Gillick, Structured Projection, 2008. Photo: C. Delory. Courtesy Air de Paris, Paris
Lovett/Codagnone
XXX
, 1998/2006.
Courtesy Lovett/Codagnone and September, Berlin
Mel Bochner, Crazy, 2010. Courtesy Nelson-Freeman, Paris
goldiechiari, Dispositivo di rimozione #3A, 2010
. Courtesy Gonzales y Gonzales, Santiago
Regina José Galindo, Looting, 2010
. Performance. Image courtesy
Prometeogallery, Milano, Lucca
Anna Maria Maiolino, Por um Fio [By a Thread], (serie fotopoemação),
1976-2000
. Photo:Regina Vater.
Courtesy Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milano
Georges Rousse, Vilnius, 2009. Courtesy Photo&Contemporary, Torino
Gareth James, Turning Serious, 2006. Courtesy Franco Soffiantino, Torino
Artissima, Turin’s contemporary art fair is open to the public on November 5, 6 and 7 from 12.00 to 8.00 pm.