ARTE ALL’ARTE 10
ART ARCHITECTURE LANDSCAPE

An Associazione Arte Continua project, in conjunction with the local councils of Buonconvento, Colle di Val d’Elsa, Montalcino, Poggibonsi, San Gimignano, Siena

OPENING 30 SEPTEMBER, 1 and 2 OCTOBER 2005

PRESS RELEASE

ARTE ALL’ARTE 10, Art Architecture Landscape features works by Cai Guo-Qiang, Olafur Eliasson, Alberto Garutti, Anish Kapoor, Tobias Rehberger, Sislej Xhafa. The number of permanent installations has risen to 21.

ARTE ALL’ARTE 10, Art Architecture Landscape, from 30 September 2005 to 31 July 2006 in Tuscany. An Associazione Arte Continua project, in conjunction with the local councils of Buonconvento, Colle di Val d’Elsa, Montalcino, Poggibonsi, San Gimignano, Siena. Promoted by the Associazione Arte Continua, Region of Tuscany, TRA ART - Regional Network for Contemporary Art.

For Arte all’Arte 10 all the curators who have worked on the event since its inception – Achille Bonito Oliva, Laura Cherubini, Emanuela De Cecco, Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Elio Grazioli, Jan Hoet, Hou Hanru, Florian Matzner, Roberto Pinto, James Putnam, Jerome Sans, Pier Luigi Tazzi, Vicente Todolì, Angela Vettese and Gilda Williams – each selected the 6 artists who, in their view, have most fully expressed the spirit of Arte all’Arte. The selection was made from amongst the 80 artists who have been involved in the event over the years (excluding the artists in the event they organized).
The six artists who have been invited to produce a site-specific work for the towns in the Arte all’Arte circuit are: Cai Guo-Qiang (Colle di Val d’Elsa), Olafur Eliasson (Siena), Alberto Garutti (Buonconvento), Anish Kapoor (San Gimignano), Tobias Rehberger (Poggibonsi) e Sislej Xhafa (Montalcino).

Arte all’Arte 10 also has two special projects: “Meno ha più ha. Luciano Pistoi.”, Antony Gormley and Luisa Rabbia.

“-a+a” (Luciano Pistoi) is a tribute to one of the founding fathers of Arte all’Arte. It was with Pistoi, who for many years had organized an exhibition event at the Castello di Volpaia, that the idea of organizing an event that took in some of Tuscany’s most beautiful art cities and was no longer tied to a single place began to take shape. This special project has been organized together with Rosa and Gilberto Sandretto, who were friends of Luciano and are the owners of the Castello di Linari. Five Italian galleries were invited to nominate young artists to produce a work on the castle premises.
The artists chosen by the respective galleries are: Pennacchio Argentato and Jordan Wolfson for T293 in Naples; Francesco Arena and Robert Orchardson for Monitor Video & Contemporary Art in Rome; Emanuele Becheri and Sara Rossi for NicolaFornello in Prato; Piero Golia and Jesper Just for Maze in Turin; Christian Frosi and Giovanni Kronenberg for Zero in Milan.

Luisa Rabbia, exhibition at San Gimignano, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, and presentation of the permanent work “Il Riposo del Tempo”, realized for Arte all’Arte 9.

There are now 21 permanent installations in the Arte all’Arte circuit, which make up a contemporary art itinerary in the province of Siena. The itinerary winds its way around the province and includes works by internationally celebrated artists; these works have become an important part of the area’s cultural heritage. Works by Erminia De Luca at Buonconvento; Sislej Xhafa at Casole D’Elsa; Loris Cecchini Jimmie Durham, Alberto Garutti, Ilya Kabakov, Tadashi Kawamata, Sol LeWitt, Marisa Merz and Moataz Nasr at Colle di Val d’Elsa; Daniel Buren at Linari; Jannis Kounellis at Montalcino; Antony Gormley, Mimmo Paladino, Sarkis and Nari Ward at Poggibonsi; Mario Airò, Joseph Kosuth and Luisa Rabbia at San Gimignano; Cildo Meireles and Marjetica Potrc at Siena.

Arte all’Arte 10 will be accompanied by a major catalogue, published by Gli Ori, which will include pictures of the installations produced for this year’s event plus those from previous years, together with texts by all the curators. The “local flavours itinerary”, which focuses on the area’s food, wine and natural beauty, will be organized by Filippo Bartolotta, Antonello Colonna, Guido Guidi, Nico Orengo, Davide Paolini, Roberto Rossi and Michele Taddei. Each person will select two estates that make top-quality products.

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