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Artissima: Arte giovane
Artissima (the art fair held in Turin from
7 to 9 November), continues to focus
on young collectors and artists of the
future.
Last year, the new director
Andrea Bellini launched a project that
uses regional funding for contemporary
art to purchase works by young artists
at the fair and establish a collection.
This year’s new initiative is the competition
“Italian Wave” aimed at young
artists, all under 35 and not yet represented
by a gallery. It has led to the
selection of seven up-and-coming artists
(out of 1,481 participants), who will
be featured in a special space within
the fair. They include, Dafne Boggeri,
chosen for her approach to sexual
ambiguity and interaction with street
art; Rossana Buremi and her kitsch
experiments; Patrizio Di Massimo,
born in 1983, the youngest of the artists
selected and one of the few to use
archive and historical research as a language;
Francesca Grilli, whose work is
linked to intimate themes and personal
narrative; Jacopo Miliani, who makes
black-and-white collages that mix fun
with mystery; Alessandro Sciaraffa,
for the sophisticated relationship
established with space for sculptures;
and finally the Florentine collective
Studio ++ who mix an architectural
background with artistic sensibility. E.S.
