 GAM, Galleria d'Arte Modena - Via Magenta, 31 - Turin
The GAM, Gallery of Modern Art of Turin, is located in via Magenta about
800 meters from Porta Nuova Station; hosts mostly works of the early and late twentieth century which however they are sometimes combined in some rooms with nineteenth-century canvases.
The GAM collection of Turin
The Gallery of Modern Art is spread over 4 floors and presents a collection
to the contemporary art public, mostly of Italian artists,
among the most important in Italy. The headquarters also
it often hosts important art exhibitions which attract a notable flow
of public.
A collection without borders
The GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea of Turin renews the display of the permanent Contemporary collections with a new itinerary that presents 33 great artists from the international art scene.
A collection without borders was born from the desire to give visibility to an important selection of works from the museum's heritage by focusing attention on 56 works, many of which have not had the opportunity to be exhibited to the public in recent years, except for short periods . Over time the museum has collected works of great importance, and all the works on display today refer to the recent history of acquisitions: they have arrived in the museum in the last twenty years through various channels, from the choices made at Artissima or in the context of annual acquisitions, both made possible thanks to the decisive contribution of the Foundation for Modern and Contemporary Art CRT, to the works that became part of the collection following exhibition series, such as for example the cycle of exhibitions entitled Sightings in the early 2000s, as well as targeted gifts and purchases.
For Fondazione Arte CRT it is a great satisfaction to see 22 works from its historic collection on display in the exhibition "A collection without borders". Thanks to the curatorial project developed by the Gallery of Modern Art of Turin, visitors will be able to admire works of absolute prestige created by masters of contemporary art such as Marina Abramovic, Anselm Kiefer, but also William Kentridge or Hermann Nitsch. A continuously renewed heritage which, in addition to testifying to the evolution of contemporary art, confirms how the acquisitions carried out over time through Fondazione Arte CRT represent a safe investment, both in cultural and market terms. Exhibitions like this demonstrate how fundamental permanent collections are to guarantee high-quality museum programming and confirm how our collection continues to stand out as an absolute point of reference for international contemporary art, commented the President of the Foundation for Modern Art and Contemporary CRT, Anna Ferrino.
The exhibition also offers the opportunity to demonstrate how the museum has pursued a path of internationalization over the years that was successfully started in the aftermath of the Second World War. The gaze and interest in foreign art began in 1948 with the acquisition of Dans mon pays by Marc Chagall at the Venice Biennale, and then continued consistently with international trends in the following decades, as already demonstrated with the exhibition Strangers . Between informal and pop from the GAM collections, created in 2012.
10 years after that first testimony, GAM today presents A collection without borders with a completely different perspective: in the global dimension in which we have now come to perceive our presence, thanks to the circulation of news, works and people and for the with the multiplication of travel and exhibition opportunities on a global level, it has become difficult, if not impossible, to establish the boundaries within which to operate on the international growth front of the collection.
If, until a few decades ago it was normal to open up to Parisian art above all and then American, over the last 25-30 years works by certainly European artists have entered the GAM collection, but works from cultures and languages have also been welcomed different expressions: from China, Cuba, Africa for example, now elevated to global esteem thanks to the main exhibition events, such as Documenta, international Biennials and Triennials.
The artists selected for this event belong to different generations: they range from the names of the protagonists born in the Thirties (Georg Baselitz, Christian Boltanski) up to the generation born in the Seventies (Kcho, Hannah Starkey, Laurent Grasso).
As stated by Director Riccardo Passoni, curator of the exhibition: We can verify that in the 'anthology' that we have proposed in this exhibition there are many stimuli that we can recognize as supporting a certain research, without a specific geography or style of reference. There are representations that evoke a narrative, concluded or in suspension (Marina Abramovic, Hannah Starkey); tradition and care (Chen Zhen); the outcrops of the repressed (William Kentridge, Tracey Moffatt); the drama of history and its scars, in an ideological dimension (Alfredo Jaar). And again: the focus on a fairy-tale or legendary dimension emerges (Mark Dion, Matt Collishaw), in contrast with the gaze on the inadmissible, the harsh necessity of memory (Christian Boltanski); or the recovery of certain mental spaces, of alienation (Ilya and Emlia Kabakov) or forays into the paranormal (Marcos Lutyens, Laurent Grasso).
This exhibition, in addition to presenting some of the most significant international works that have come to the museum, cannot fail to leave a question mark on the future of the growth of the GAM's heritage, especially in relation to the spaces that have now become limited, with which the museum is measuring.
The artists exhibited: Marina Abramovic (Belgrade, Serbia, 1946); Georg Baselitz (Kamenz, Germany, 1938); Chen Zhen (Shanghai, China, 1955 – Paris, France, 2000); Christian Boltanski (Paris, France, 1944-2021); Cecily Brown (London, UK, 1969); Pedro Cabrita Reis (Lisbon, Portugal, 1956); Matt Collishaw (Nottingham, UK, 1966); Tony Cragg (Liverpool, UK, 1949); Mark Dion (New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA, 1961); Liam Gillick (Aylesbury, UK, 1964); Antony Gormley (London, UK, 1950); Laurent Grasso (Mulhouse, France, 1972); Carsten Höller (Brussels, Belgium, 1961); Alfredo Jaar (Santiago de Chile, Chile, 1956); Ilya and Emlia Kabakov (Dnepropetrovsk, USSR, now Ukraine, 1933 and 1945); Kcho (Nueva Gerona, Cuba, 1970); William Kentridge (Johannesburg, South Africa, 1955); Terence Koh (Beijing, China, 1967); Anselm Kiefer (Donaueschingen, Germany, 1945); Jim Lambie (Glasgow, Scotland, 1964); Marcos Lutyens (London, UK, 1964); Mona Marzouk (Alexandria, Egypt, 1968); Aleksandra Mir (Lubin, Poland, 1967); Tracey Moffatt (Brisbane, Australia, 1960); Hermann Nitsch (Vienna, Austria, 1938); Albert Oehlen (Krefeld, Germany, 1954); Cornelia Parker (Cheshire, UK, 1956); Tobias Rehberger (Esslingen, Germany, 1960); Julião Sarmento (Lisbon, Portugal, 1948-2021); Sean Scully (Dublin, Ireland, 1945); Kiki Smith (Nuremberg, Germany, 1954); Hannah Starkey (London, UK, 1971); Jessica Stockholder (Seattle, Washington, USA, 1959).
Questions about the GAM of Turin
– When you can visit the GAM? From Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 to
6.00pm; Monday closed. The ticket office closes one hour early.
– How long does the GAM visit last? From 2 to 4 hours.
– How much does it cost to visit the GAM? Whole €
10; reduced € 8; free with Torino Musei Subscription, Turin+Piedmont
Card, under 18s, people with disabilities.
– When is GAM free? With Torino Musei Subscription, Turin+Piedmont
Card, under 18s, people with disabilities.
Useful information for the visit
Opening hours: from Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 to
6.00pm; Monday closed. The ticket office closes one hour early.
Tickets: full price € 10,
reduced € 8 (over 65, under 25). Free under 18 years of age, Torino Musei Subscription, Turin+Piedmont
Card, people with disabilities.
Telephone: +39.011.5621147.
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