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september 29, 2021 - Artissima
ARTISSIMA 2021 | presentata la ventottesima edizione della Fiera diretta da Ilaria Bonacossa | 5 - 7 novembre 2021
ARTISSIMA 2021 28TH EDITION
Torino, 29 September 2021 – #artissima, the International Fair of Contemporary Art in #torino, announces the upcoming 28th edition of
the fair, the only one in Italy with an exclusive focus on contemporary art, directed for the fifth consecutive year by #ilariabonacossa.
In 2020, #artissima reacted to the pandemic with exceptional energy and speed, producing a hybrid event that responded to the needs of the exhibiting galleries while at the same time conserving the experimental character of the programme as well as its commercial and cultural quality. Using this experience and all the know-how developed throughout this complex situation, #artissima2021 will be organized as a sophisticated combination of physical and digital experiences.
From Friday 5 to Sunday 7 November 2021, the large, luminous spaces of the Oval in #torino will welcome the four historic sections of the fair –Main Section, New Entries, Dialogue/Monologue and Art Spaces & Editions. #artissima XYZ – the cross-media platform that since 2020 has hosted the three curated sections, Present Future, Back to the Future and Disegni – will be online from 4 to 9 November and will also present three physical group exhibitions at the Oval.
The director of the fair #ilariabonacossa comments:
Our sense of time has changed. We have lived for almost two years in an alternation of delay and speed, openness and limitation, expectations and adjustments. The time of creation and the time of enjoyment of art have pursued each other, coming together at times, finding new dimensions of sharing. #artissima has never stood still, but has continued to support galleries and artists through both physical and digital projects, constantly renewing its role in a world where all the paradigms have been revised.
Today, opening the fair takes on a different importance. Welcoming the art audience together with our galleries and partners means transforming the fair experience into one of the first steps towards a new normality, in which creativity becomes even more crucial for the reinvention of public and private life.
Artissima 2021 begins with these premises, in the conviction that contemporary art has the ability to imagine multiple future scenarios. We look forward to sharing the ideas and experiences of artists, welcoming viewers into an unexpected space that hovers outside the everyday dimension. A space where works of art are capable of transforming our vision of the world.
Internationally renowned for its focus on pioneering practices, and its role as a launch pad for up-and-coming artists and galleries, #artissima attracts a large audience of collectors, sector professionals and art lovers every year. With each edition, the fair welcomes curators, directors of art institutions and foundations, as well as the patrons of museums from all over the world who are involved in various ways in its programme.
The vitality of #artissima resonates throughout the city, thanks to the many cultural projects produced in collaboration with public institutions, museums, foundations and galleries across the region. #artissima contributes to the growth of the Italian contemporary art market, stimulating and supporting collectors with an eye for innovation, and a continuously evolving critical and curatorial vision.
The fair is managed by #artissima srl, a company affiliated with Fondazione #torino Musei.
THE THEME OF THE 28TH EDITION
Artissima 2021 takes place at an anomalous moment in time, often perceived and defined as one of “suspension” and “standstill”, although it inexorably continues to produce new visions, ideas, ways of acting and reacting. The impact of this critical moment activates a change of pace that is manifested in the need to transform fragility into force through creative imagination. Hence the desire to dedicate the 28th edition of the fair to the concept of Controtempo. The idea of “countertime” comes from the world of music and is applied here as a metaphor of art’s ability to shift rhythmical accents, transforming weak beats into strong points and creating a contrast between voices. A dynamic impulse that generates new visual rhythms with the necessary timing and pauses,
triggering syncopation and interstitial movement.
“Art – #ilariabonacossa explains – has always operated in an ‘emotional and formal countertime’ thanks to intuitions that foreshadow the future, altering the trajectories of our view of reality, disrupting paradigms and opening to unpredictable yet unavoidable interpretations and perspectives. Seen in this light, the history of art is composed of a polyphony of parts, tempo and counter-tempo, fused in a unique, surprising symphony. A symphony to which #artissima wants to continue to contribute in its writing”
DM Galerie Dantendorfer Hüpfner 666 around 1971
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DM AF GALLERY Martegani Sagome colorate 1989
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DM Eduardo Secci Contemporary Almanza Pereda Change the World or Go Home 2009-2015
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MS Biasutti e Biasutti Gilardi Il passaggio del Minotauro 1968
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MS Biasutti e Biasutti Gilardi Girasoli caduti 1967
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MS Ab-Anbar Fathizadeh Red carpet 2021
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