Artissima 2016 Winner of Sardi per l`Arte `Back to the Future, Prize

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Artissima 2016
Winner of Sardi per l’Arte 'Back to the Future, Prize
Oval, Lingotto Fiere, Torino
Torino, 4 November 2016 – Today at 5.30 pm, the Sardi per l’Arte Back to the Future Prize has
been assigned to Galerie in situ – Fabienne Leclerc, Paris, for the work of Lars Fredrikson.
Lars Fredrikson, Galerie in situ - Fabienne Leclerc, Paris. Photo: Perottino/ Alfero / Tardito
The 5,000 € prize, run in partnership with Fondazione Sardi per l’Arte since 2014, is assigned to
the gallery in the Back to the Future section with the most deserving project in terms of historical
relevance and booth presentation.
This year Back to the Future includes works by 19 artists, represented by just as many galleries (3
Italian, 16 from abroad) that were selected by a curatorial committee composed of section
coordinator Eva Fabbris (independent curator), Gary Carrion-Murayari (curator, Kraus Family,
New Museum, New York |New Museum Triennial 2018), Krist Gruijthuijsen (director, KW Institute
for Contemporary Art, Berlin) and Cristiano Raimondi (head of development and international
projects, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco).
The prize jury, composed by Daniel Baumann (director, Kunsthalle Zurich), Christine Macel
(curator, Capo, Musée National d'Art Moderne – Centre Pompidou, Paris | Director, Venice
Biennale 2017) and Joanna Mytkowska (director, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw), has explained
their choice of winner as follows:
“The Sardi Prize goes to Galerie in situ – Fabienne Leclerc, Paris for the work of Lars Fredrikson.
The committee evaluated his artistic practice as particularly important from a historical
perspective, and vis-à-vis contemporary artistic production, for the unprecedented bond that it
createsd between the sonic and the visual dimensions. Fredrikson’s works, although very physical
and based on concrete matter, embody a mystical dimension. His works pieces appear
disinterested and autonomous in comparison to the classical distinctions among between
traditional media, and in comparison to those that take place in a completely different realm.
The committee also makes special mention to of the work of Klaus Lutz, presented by the Rotwand
Gallery, in Zurich, for the value and rigour of the exhibition’s preparation, which highlight the
originality of the artist's practice, using a personal visual language.
Special mention also goes to Pat O’Neill, presented by Monitor Gallery, in Roma; a pioneer of
experimental filmmaking in the Seventies1970s, who is able to transfer his approach to research
also and to the medium of collage.”
Klaus Lutz, gallery Rotwand, Zurich. Photo: Perottino/ Alfero / Tardito
Pat O'Neil, galleria Monitor, Rom . Photo: Perottino/ Alfero/ Tardito
Back to the Future is the special section of Artissima dedicated to rediscovery of avant-garde
pioneers of contemporary art. In 2016, the section has focused on works produced between 1970
and 1989.
Since 2010, many artists have seen their visibility increase following participation in Back to the
Future. These figures include: Kishio Suga, at Artissima in 2014 and now on show at Hangar
Bicocca; Tetsumi Kudo, who appeared in Back to the Future 2014, was presented by Dahn Vo at
Punta della Dogana during the Venice Biennale 2015 and soon to be shown at Kunsthalle
Fridericianum, in Kassel; Edward Krasinski, also showing in this section of the fair in 2014, and
now at Tate Liverpool with an exhibition that will tour to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and
Letizia Battaglia, who appeared in Back to the Future in 2013 and to whom MAXXI, Roma, will be
tributing a major retrospective, due to open at the end of November 2016.
Sardi per l’Arte Back to the Future Prize jury
Daniel Baumann, director, Kunsthalle Zurich
Christine Macel, chief curator, Musée National d'Art Moderne – Centre Pompidou, Paris |
director, Venice Biennale (2017)
Joanna Mytkowska, director, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
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