Jessica Stockholder, Cut a rug a round square: OGR Project | Torino, Italy

11 February - 8 May 2021
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Pedro G. Romero Sodoma y Gomorra, 1989. Rachel Harrison Kouros Descends Stairs, 2008.

Pedro G. Romero Sodoma y Gomorra, 1989. Rachel Harrison Kouros Descends Stairs, 2008.

On Thursday, 11 February 2021, OGR Cult inaugurates Cut a rug a round square, an exhibition curated by American artist Jessica Stockholder and including works from two important philanthropic and international collections: the ”la Caixa” Contemporary Art Collection (Barcelona), one of the most prestigious banking foundation collections, and the one belonging to the Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT (Turin), whose works are on permanent loan to Turin’s GAM - Galleria d'arte Moderna and Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'arte contemporanea.

Cut a rug a round square is a unique opportunity for everyone to admire – safely and with free admission to OGR’s exhibition spaces – some of the gems acquired over the years by Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT and usually kept in Turin’s museums. The works are further enriched by Stockholder’s original interpretation, which draws creative connections with pieces from another important collection.

The exhibition invites visitors to lose themselves in a world of shapes in colors, starting from the theme of painting, which is at the core of both collections as well as one of the most popular art forms, to redefine the limits of the genre and develop a new dialogue between the shapes and phantasmagorias of painting and the new keys they provide to interpret the contemporary world.

 

— Curatorial text courtesy OGR Project

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