ARTISSIMA 18: PRESENT FUTURE

3 November 2011
4, 5, 6 November 2011
Oval, Lingotto Fiere, Turin
media view, collectors’ preview and private view
open to the public
Press Release
ARTISSIMA 18: PRESENT FUTURE
The section dedicated to the international emerging art: a successful collaboration between
illycaffè and Artissima
Once again the long-standing collaboration between illycaffè and Artissima has renewed itself for the
eleventh year in a row in Present Future, the special section of the exhibition dedicated to the
international emerging art, a well-established platform to launch the last generation talents.
Halfway between a collective and a number of one-man exhibitions, the 2011 edition of Present Future
proposes a group of artists from different countries, chosen by a Committee of curators made of Chris
Fitzpatrick, Christophe Gallois, Antonia Majaca and Luigi Fassi (coordinator).
The 16 invited artists will be presented by the respective galleries within the Exhibition in a
dedicated space. The works exhibited at Present Future, after a long and close collaboration and
exchange of ideas between artists and curators, include new proposals made ad hoc for this occasion,
along with new projects shown for the first time in Italy and in Europe.
During Artissima, a jury made of international museum directors and curators, among whom Anne
Ellegood, Tessa Giblin and Beatrix Ruf, will award the Eleventh Present Future illy Prize to the
most significant project.
The winner will receive 10,000.00 euro cash, and the chance to present his/her project for the Artist
“illy Art Collection” coffee cups.
illycaffè active commitment to spread contemporary art dates back to twenty years ago, when it started
to support international artists and exhibitions. Its commitment is well embodied by the Present Future
illy Prize, which has become in these years a breeding ground for talents. And the very names of the
artists who won in the past editions and have now reached international celebrity - Phil Collins, Mateo
Tannatt, Patricia Esquivias, Luca Francesconi, Shizuka Yokomizo, Padraig Timoney, Michael Beutler, and
Melanie Gilligan – confirm this outstanding achievement.
Present Future Selecting Committee- ARTISSIMA 18
Luigi Fassi (Coordinator ) art director, ar/ge kunst Galerie Museum, Bolzano
Chris Fitzpatrick, independent curator, San Francisco
Christophe Gallois, curator, MUDAM, Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Antonia Majaca, art director, Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb
illy Prize Present Future Jury– ARTISSIMA 18
Anne Ellegood, senior curator, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Tessa Giblin, visual art curator, Projects Art Centre, Dublin
Beatrix Ruf, executive, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich
Artists and Galleries, Present Future - ARTISSIMA 18
LUPO BORGONOVO, Fluxia, Milan
KATINKA BOCK, Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
MICHAL BUDNY, Johnen, Berlin / Nächst St.Stephan-Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Wien
DINA DANISH, Jeanine Hofland, Amsterdam
IGOR GRUBIĆ, Škuc, Ljubljana
VLATKA HORVAT, Zak | Branicka, Berlin, Cracow
ROB JOHANNESMA, Roma Publications, Amsterdam
ALEK O., Vela, London
JULIEN PREVIEUX, Jousse Entreprise, Paris
YANN SÉRANDOUR, gb agency, Paris
MISHA STROJ, Kerstin Engholm, Wien
MILICA TOMIC, Charim, Wien, Berlin
NICOLINE VAN HARSKAMP, NON, Istanbul
ZAPRUDER, Caterina Tognon, Venice
RAPHAËL ZARKA, Michel Rein, Paris
WALDEMAR ZIMBELMANN, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe
PRESS CONTACTS
illycaffè Trieste
Anna Adriani/Christine Pascolo – t. +39 040 3890111
Cohn & Wolfe Milano
Alessandra Bettelli/Giulia Perani – t. +39 02 202391 – [email protected]
Paola C. Manfredi Studio
Via Marco Polo, 4 - 20124 Milano
t. +39 02 87 23 80 00 - f. + 39 02 87 23 80 14
Paola C. Manfredi – [email protected]
Francesca Buonfrate – [email protected]
Fondazione Torino Musei
t. +39 011 4429523 – f. +39 011 4429550
Daniela Matteu - [email protected]
Tanja Gentilini – [email protected]