Archivio Casorati
THE BEGINNING – Luisa Rabbia in dialogue with…

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The volume documents the group exhibition “The Beginning” that took shape starting from two significant paintings by Brooklyn-based artist, Luisa Rabbia, “NorthEastSouthWest” (2014, Collezione Maramotti) and “Birth” (2017, Collezione Francesca Lavazza). These sizable works set the tone for the exhibition’s subsequent selections from the work of ten diverse, international artists, generously loaned from Collezione Maramotti: Huma Bhabha, Ross Bleckner, Gianni Caravaggio, Mario Diacono, Jason Dodge, Scott Grodesky, Jannis Kounellis, Piero Manzoni, Claudio Parmiggiani and Beatrice Pediconi.
“The Beginning” marks a return for the Italian-born Luisa Rabbia who emigrated to New York from Turin in 2000, and elaborates certain themes common to Rabbia’s oeuvre, touching deep chords in the human psyche regarding origin, appearance, and direction on both a terrestrial and celestial scale.
“The Beginning” took place in three locations in the village of Pavarolo, installing over twenty works of art in the Studio Museo Felice Casorati, in the adjacent garden-level rooms of Casa Casorati, and in the village’s central clock tower, all within a short stroll through this charming hill town, a twenty minute drive from Turin.
“The Beginning” is a project curated by David Dixon and Archivio Casorati, in collaboration with Collezione Maramotti (Reggio Emilia), Collezione Francesca Lavazza (Turin), Peter Blum Gallery (New York), Galleria Giorgio Persano (Turin) with the coordination of Francesca Solero.