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La maison rouge continues its cycle of exhibitions showing private
collections and presents, from October 20th, the collection of Giuliana and
Tommaso Setari.
This new stage in a journey which since 2004 has
taken the public through different attitudes and ways of collecting is a
step off the beaten track. The ninth collection to be shown, its identity
is all the more powerful for its intimate dimension: a collection that is
part of a home. More than anything, it is the attitude it reveals towards
art and artists that appeals to la maison rouge.
The Setari
collection echoes the couple's life story and the many places they have
lived: Brussels, New York, Rome, Capri, Milan and finally Paris, where they
settled in the early 2000s. Wherever in the world they have been, living
with art in their home and contact with artists have become essential to
their existence.
While international in flavour, the Setari
collection gives emphasis to Italian artists from the 1960s to the '80s; in
particular Carla Accardi, Luciano Fabro, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Ettore
Spalletti, Giulio Paolini and Alighiero Boetti; European artists such as
Thierry de Cordier, Günther Förg, Bertrand Lavier, Gerhard
Richter and Franz West; and certain American artists including Sol
LeWitt.
These established names join a younger generation with
Elisabetta Benassi, Bruna Esposito, Paola Pivi, Grazia Toderi and Luca
Vitone.
Far removed from the global, speculative circles of
contemporary art, since 1980 the Setaris have made their support of working
artists a part of their lives. What began thirty years ago as an informal
and occasional endeavour, as and when opportunities arose, in 2001 led to
the Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art, a private, non-profit foundation
to support young artists. The Foundation, which is based in Paris, proposes
grants and residencies for artists and curators in Paris and New York,
presents an international award, supports exhibitions and publications, and
hosts events.
Alongside this showing of the Setari collection,
la maison rouge has given the Dena Foundation carte blanche to present
young Italian artists through a selection of reviews and structures led by
independent artists. They play a vital role in keeping Italy's contemporary
art scene thriving after recent years of neglect by public
institutions.
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