Venice: Ca Pesaro – Giuseppe Panza di Biumo -
American Dialogues exhibition. At CaPesaro, until May 4, the exhibition, American Dialogues edited by
Gabriella Belli and Elizabeth Barisoni with the exhibition project by Daniela
Ferretti, is a tribute to Giuseppe Panza di Biumo one of the most important
Italian collectors. A man who with his
passion and insight in Contemporary art, created one of the most interesting
collections. The exhibition includes a selection of masterpieces collected in
the early years of his activity, from Abstract Expressionism to
Pop art, from Conceptual art to Minimal art.
Above: On back wall: Allan Graham – Mudra, 1988, oil wax linen, one
of two pieces. On the right side: Max Cole - Delta III, 1982, acrylic on canvas.
Photo by Filippo Formenti, Milano – courtesy Ca
Pesaro
Giuseppe
and Giovanna Panza di Biumo at the Leo Castelli Gallery - New York, 1975.
Giuseppe Panza di Biumo - American Dialogues. Forty works
by 27 artists are on loan from the Guggenheim in New York and MOCA in Los
Angeles, the two American museums which preserve the most important nuclei of
the Panza di Biumo collection with works by Robert Rauschenberg, Roy
Lichtenstein, Franz Kline, Donald Judd, Mark Rothko, Dan Flavin, Hanne
Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Joseph Kosuth, Richard Serra and many other members of
the modern American art scene.
Above: In the foreground: Lawrence
Carroll - Untitled, 1999-2000, oil, wax, canvas on wood. On the back wall: Robert Rauschenberg -
Kickback, 1959, Oil, enamel, wood, fabric, clothing, paper, photos on canvas.
Joseph Kosuth
– Nine Paintings with Word as Art – 1966
Oil on canvas, nine grey canvases with white words
Lawrence Weiner – Beside Itself cat. No. 229, 1970,
typological characters (silks-screened onto wall), in English, installation.
Giuseppe Panza di Biumo - American Dialogues. Works
by Jonathan Seliger, 1993-1995, various materials. In the foreground: Late
Edition, 1995.
Giuseppe Panza di Biumo - American Dialogues.
Richard Long - Untitled 1967, 420 wooden twigs.