Artissima XYZ: The New Digital Platform of Artissima Intl. Fair of Contemporary Art

The Turin, Italy-based art fair unveils a new digital platform, online from November 3 to December 9, 2020.

Artissima presents Artissima XYZ, the contemporary art fair's new digital platform that will run alongside the physical exhibitions scheduled to show at the Turin Museum Foundation in Italy. For the 2020 edition, the Back to the Future, Drawings, and Present Future sections will live on the Artissima XYZ digital platform supported by the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation from November 3 to December 9. The XYZ name itself derives from the intersectional approach of the virtual platform, which translates the physical elements into an immersive experience on digital channels. Some of this content will be produced directly by the galleries and artists, while others will be overseen by Ordet's editorial team, consisting of Edoardo Bonaspetti, Stefano Cernuschi, and Anna Bergamasco.

Back to the Future

The category includes monographic projects dedicated to the rediscovery of great pioneers of contemporary art and includes works created between 1960 and 1999. The curatorial team is composed of the Director of the Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo (GAMeC) Lorenzo Giusti and the independent curator and art critic Mouna Mekouar.

Artists and galleries: GUILLAUME BIJL, HUBERT WINTER Vienna – LISETTA CARMI, MARTINI & RONCHETTI Genoa – FELICIANO CENTURIÓN, CECILIA BRUNSON London – ISABELLA DUCROT, T293 Rome – ROSE FINN-KELCEY, KATE MACGARRY London – JULIJANK ELBA KNIFER, Paris Dallas – DAVID LAMELAS, JAN MOT Brussels – IVENS MACHADO, FORTES D'ALOIA & GABRIEL Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro – MOHAMED MELEHI, LOFT ART Casablanca – REGINA VATER, JAQUELINE MARTINS Sao Paulo.

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REGINA VATER “Ovo cósmico,” 1980/2020. Alkyd paint on ostrich eggshell, wooden base, and acrylic lid. 27 x 35 x 35 cm Edition 2/3 + 1 AP. Courtesy of the artist and Jaqueline Martins, San Paolo. Photo © José Pelegrini.

IVENS MACHADO “Painel de Azulejos,” 1973. Panel with tiles, metal drain, cloth bandages. Overall dimensions 151 x 114 x 18 cm; approximately 151 x 57 x 18 cm each panel. Courtesy Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, San Paolo, Rio de Janeiro © Projeto Ivens Machado.

IVENS MACHADO “Sem Titulo/Untitled,” 1992. Ballpoint pen and oil stick on lined paper. 87 x 59.5 cm. Courtesy Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, San Paolo, Rio de Janeiro © Projeto Ivens Machado.

IVENS MACHADO View of the exhibition ‘Brazil Projects,’ MoMA PS1, New York, 1988. Courtesy The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.

IVENS MACHADO “Sem Titulo 10 (Performance with surgical bandage | negative #26),” 1973-2018. Gelatin silver print. 45 x 30 cm. Courtesy Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, San Paolo, Rio de Janeiro © Projeto Ivens Machado.

IVENS MACHADO View of the exhibition ‘Brazil Projects,’ MoMA PS1, New York, 1988. Courtesy The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York.

JULIJE KNIFER “Composition 15,” 1959. Oil on canvas. 55.3 x 64.7 cm. Courtesy Estate of Julije Knifer and Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, Dallas © The Estate of Julije Knifer. Photo: Claire Dorn.

JULIJE KNIFER “Untitled,” 1969. Acrylic on canvas. 63 x 63 cm. Courtesy Estate of Julije Knifer and Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, Dallas © The Estate of Julije Knifer. Photo: Claire Dorn.

GUILLAUME BIJL “Composition Trouvée,” 1989. Mixed media. 63 x 238 x 162 cm. Courtesy of the artist.

GUILLAUME BIJL “Composition Trouvée,” 2020. Mixed media. 70 x 38 x 38 cm. Courtesy of the artist.

DAVID LAMELAS “Quand le ciel bas et lord (When the sky is low and heavy,” 1987-1992. Installation consisting of a metal structure and tress on an inclined surface. 6 x 20 x 7.8 m (metal structure, variable dimensions). Installation view, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, 2011 Edition of 3. Courtesy of the artist and Jan Mot, Brussels. Photo: Philippe De Gobert.

REGINA VATER “Give me your time,” 1981. Pen, graphite, newspapers, magazines, and other printed cuttings, adhesive, typewriting, punching, Letraset, stamps, and stamps on printed paper. 65 postcards 9.2 x 13.8 cm each. Courtesy of the artist and Jaqueline Martins, San Paolo.

ROSE FINN-KELCEY “Untitled: Boxing Glove and Bubble #4,” c. 1970/2019. Print on archival paper. 11.5 x 8 cm without frame, 33.5 x 38 x 3 cm with frame. Courtesy of Kate MacGarry, London.

ROSE FINN-KELCEY “Here is a Gale Warning,” 1971-2011. Gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum. 113 x 60.5 cm with frame. Courtesy of Kate MacGarry, London.

ROSE FINN-KELCEY “One for Sorrow, Two for Joy,” 1976/2012. C-type. 168.5 x 54 cm framed print. Courtesy of Kate MacGarry, London.

ISABELLA DUCROT “Red Repetition,” 2018. Fabric, acrylic, and pigments on framed paper. 193 x 150 cm. Matteo Novarese Collection, Bologna. Photo: Roberto Apa.

Drawings

The drawings section is dedicated to monographic projects expressed through contemporary experiments in the practice of drawing, originally associated with paper and then radically transformed. The curatorial team is composed of Letizia Ragaglia, director of the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein in Vaduz; and Bettina Steinbrügge, director of the Kunstverein in Hamburg and managing director of the Kunstmeile Hamburg.

Artists and galleries: SARAH ABU ABDALLAH, ATHR Jeddah – MONICA BONVICINI, KÖNIG Berlin – ELLEN CANTOR, ISABELLA BORTOLOZZI Berlin – KEREN CYTTER, PILAR CORRIAS London – SARAH FAUX, CAPSULE SHANGHAI Shanghai – HEIKE-KARIN FÖLL, CAMPOLI PRESTI London, Paris – MARGUERITE HUMEAU, CLEARING New York, Brussels – BETHAN HUWS, VISTAMARE / VISTAMARESTUDIO Pescara, Milan – OLIVIA PLENDER, MAUREEN PALEY London – IVANA SPINELLI, GALLLERIAPIÙ Bologna.

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BETHAN HUWS “Research Notes 2007-2014,” 2016. Color inkjet print on woven paper, aluminum frame. 120 x 87 x 4 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Vistamare/Vistamarestudio, Pescara, Milan.

SARAH ABU ABDULLAH “Karam,” 2019. Mixed media. 1120 x 120 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Athr, Jeddah.

HEIKE-KARIN FÖLL, 2014. Flowers and stems on paper. 78 x 108.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Campoli Presti, London, Paris.

HEIKE-KARIN FÖLL “Not providing a straight definition,” 2019. Oil and ink on canvas. 160 x 140 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Campoli Presti, London, Paris.

SARAH FAUX “Insomuch,” 2019. Monotype on paper. 91.4 x 81.3 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Capsule Shanghai, Shanghai © Sarah Faux.

MARGUERITE HUMEAU “The Origin of Humankind II,” 2019. Black pen on paper layout, wooden frame. 42 x 50 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Clearing, New York, Brussels.

MARGUERITE HUMEAU “Future Exile,” 2019. Black pen on paper layout, wooden frame. 42 x 59.6 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Clearing, New York, Brussels.

IVANA SPINELLI view of the ‘Contropelo’ exhibition, Galleriapiù, Bologna, 2020. Courtesy of the artist and Galleriapiù, Bologna. Photo: Stefano Maniero.

IVANA SPINELLI “Translations,” 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Galleriapiù, Bologna. Photo: Stefano Maniero.

MONICA BONVICINI “Mississippi 2014,” 2016. 2 parts, tempera and spray paint on Fabriano paper on canvas. Framed 200 x 300 cm. Courtesy of the artist and König, Berlin.

OLIVIA PLENDER “Empire City: The World on One Street,” 2009. Model 19.7 x 150 x 119.9 cm. Courtesy of Maureen Paley, London © Olivia Plender.

KEREN CYTTER “Che Guevara (banknote),” 2017. Pen and colored pencil on paper. 83.8 x 43.2 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Pilar Corrias, London.

KEREN CYTTER “Untitled,” 2017. Marker on reflective, self-adhesive, mirror film in Mylar. 38.1 x 50.8 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Pilar Corrias, London.

BETHANN HUWS “Untitled (Less is not…),” 2012-2016. Aluminum, glass, rubber, and plastic letters. 75 x 50 x 4.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Vistamare/Vistamarestudio, Pescara, Milan.

Present Future

The Present Future section is dedicated to emerging talents age 40 and below. The writers and curators Ilaria Gianni and Fernanda Brenner organized this selection of works. A selected artist in this category will be awarded the Illy Present Future Prize, an honor that will offer the winner the opportunity to exhibit their work at the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art.

Artists and galleries: EDU DE BARROS, SÉ GALERIA Sao Paulo – SIMON DENNY, ALTMAN SIEGEL San Francisco – RADAMÉS “JUNI” FIGUEROA, PROYECTOS ULTRAVIOLETA Guatemala City – SHADI HAROUNI, TIZIANA DI CARO Naples – LUÍS LÁZARO MATOS, MADRAGOA Lisbon – NOE MARTÍNEZ, LLANO Mexico City – SARA NAIM, THE THIRD LINE, Dubai – ANTONIO OBÁ, MENDES WOOD DM, Sao Paulo, Brussels, New York – MANUEL SOLANO, PERES PROJECTS Berlin – KANDIS WILLIAMS, NIGHT GALLERY Los Angeles

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SHADI HAROUNI “I Dream the Mountain is Still Whole,” 2017. HD video, 17’06” (video still). Edition 5 +2 AP. Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Tiziana Di Caro, Naples.

SIMON DENNY “Global Charge 4,” (2019). UV print on plastic tablecloth of a scarf formerly owned by Margaret Thatcher, British Army wool blanket, static electricity. Printed tablecloth: 150 x 150 cm, wool blanket: 220 x 170 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Altman Siegel, San Francisco. Photo: Nick Ash.

SIMON DENNY “Document Relief 16 (Salesforce.com, Inc patent: community switching),” 2019. Inkjet print on archival paper, glue, metal wall mount. 29.7 x 21 x 10.5 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Altman Siegel, San Francisco. Photo: Nick Ash.

NOE MARTÍNEZ “Las Demandas de la Memoria. Cuerpo, Paisaje y el Intruso,” 2019. Exhibition view, Parque Galería, Mexico City. Courtesy of the artist and Llano, Mexico City.

NOE MARTÍNEZ “La Última Part del Cuerpo,” 2019. Aluminum plaques and obsidian,, ceramic, and shell decorations. Installation, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City. Courtesy of the artist and Llano, Mexico City.

LUÍS LÁZARO MATOS “The Fictional Passengers #7,” 2019. Acrylic on canvas. 220 x 150 cm. Courtesy Madragoa, Lisbon.

ANTONIO OBÁ “Untitled,” 2017. Watercolor on paper. 39.5 x 48 cm with frame. Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brussels, New York. Photo: Kristien Daem.

KANDIS WILLIAMS “Eurydice,” 2017-2020. Still from Brian Echon. Performance documentation. Courtesy of the artist and Night Gallery, Los Angeles.

MANUEL SOLANO “Meg Ryan,” 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 215 x 160 cm. Courtesy of Peres Projects, Berlin.

MANUEL SOLANO “El Chapoteadero,” 2020. Acrylic on canvas. 201 x 172 cm. Courtesy of Peres Projects, Berlin.

RADAMÉS ‘JUNI’ FIGUEROA “Tropical Readymade,” 2020. Used basketball, plant, handwritten certificate of authenticity. Variable dimensions. Courtesy of the artist and Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City.

EDU DE BARROS view of the personal exhibition ‘Cropped (first cut)’ Sé galleria, San Paolo, 2020. Curated by Clarissa Diniz.

SHADI HAROUNI “I Long for a Game of Football,” 2017. HD video, 18’50” (video still). Edition 5 + 2AP. Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Tiziana Di Caro, Naples.

SHADI HAROUNI “Unnamed Mountain,” 2017. Digital C-print. 50 x 75 cm without frame, 54 x 79 cm with frame. Edition 3 + 2 AP. Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Tiziana Di Caro, Naples.

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