New Acquisitions of Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT at Artissima 2022 for Castello di Rivoli

Acquisition of 6 works by 3 artists for the benefit of Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea

Turin, 5 November 2022 – Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT continues its two decades of support for the international fair Artissima in 2022 and for Castello di Rivoli acquiring for loan to the Museum 6 works created by 3 artists. The works become part of the collection the Foundation has been building for years, earmarked for public viewing thanks to the Museum. Important pieces by Klaus Rinke, Rossella Biscotti and Pietro Moretti enter the permanent collection of Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea.

The list of acquired works is:

Rossella Biscotti
Trees on land, 2021
4 unique artworks
handmade jars with terracotta and ash
60 x 60 x 100 cm each
Galerie Mor Charpentier, Paris

Pietro Moretti
La visita, un’altra visita, 2022
Oil on canvas
150 x 250 cm
Galleria Doris Ghetta, Ortisei

Klaus Rinke
Durchs Bild Format Gehen von Rechts Nach Links, 1972
Silver salts print, one-of-a-kind work composed of 16 photographs
59 x 42 cm each
Galleria Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo

“Once again this year, Fondazione Arte CRT confirms its support for Artissima – says Luisa Papotti, president of Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT – through a process of acquisition from the galleries taking part in the fair, selecting works for the permanent collections of museums: the choices have been made by the directors according to coherent criteria in relation to their holdings, in collaboration with the Committee of Experts of the Foundation. The two museums are thus able to expand their collections, conserving their truly contemporary character”.

The works have all been made available for public viewing through loan agreements with the Museum, which is responsible for the display of the works inside the museum or in other exhibition contexts. The program confirms the importance of the Foundation’s action to support contemporary art museums in the metropolitan area.

Works acquired for the benefit of Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Conteporanea

“The new acquisitions for Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art augment the collection in line with the museum’s focus on national and international developments in art from the 1960s to the present, concentrating on highly acclaimed artists as well as rising talents. In tune with the important body of works of Arte Povera, one of the acquisitions brings a piece by the artist of the Düsseldorf group Klaus Rinke (1939), titled Durchs Bild Format Gehen von Rechts Nach Links (Through the image format go from right to left), 1972, into an Italian public museum for the first time. This unique work has an important background of exhibitions and was shown at MoMA – Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1974. A second acquisition involves the Italian artist Rossella Biscotti (1978), with the purchase of the work Trees on Land, 2021, in reference to the epidemic of Xylella fastidiosa, which since 2013 in Puglia has seriously damaged the olive groves. The four amphorae in clay mixed with ashes from burnt trees form a large installation. Finally, another acquisition is from the emerging artist Pietro Moretti (1996), whose painting of an expressionist character narrates the fragility of the present moment. The work by Moretti is La visita, un’altra visita (The Visit, Another Visit, 2022), a large canvas whose subject is a hospital scene with Kafkian overtones, rendered with acid colours and unnatural tones”, says Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, director of Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea.