Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa and Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte

Two institutions working for young artists 2010 – 2012
“That which binds us is an almost entirely common range of emotional tones, a way of creating the most suitable conditions for reflection, a political management of spaces, both of everyday life and of the mind” (Gail Cochrane and Guido Costa).
A volume edited by: Gail Cochrane and Angela Vettese with contributions by: Gail Cochrane, Mario Airò, Guido Costa, Stefano Coletto and Angela Vettese.

The history of the collaboration between the Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte of Poirino and the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa of Venice is traced in the volume Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa,Venezia e Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte, Poirino. Due istituzioni per i giovani artisti 2010 – 2012, presented to the general public at the closing of the exhibition Mostra. Workshop 2010-2011.

The publication, with images depicting the various shared projects and the workshops, with texts in both Italian and English, testifies to the collaboration work undertaken by the two institutions in their constant efforts to foster and promote contemporary art, and documents their commitment in the training of young Italian artists through both workshops and shared events held by the two institutions, which have both featured artists’ residency programmes ever since their foundation.

The mission of the two foundations is ultimately to train young artists, providing them with spaces and the stimuli for professional growth. The contents, which reflect on the value and the means of artistic training, are introduced and commented in the contributions by Gail Cochrane, Guido Costa, Angela Vettese, Stefano Coletto and Mario Airò.

Below is the documentation of the four events arising from their collaboration: the Annual Show 2010 curated by Benjamin Weil; Opera 2010, the final show of the Bevilacqua La Masa 2010 Atelier programme; the Mostra. Workshop 2010-2011 and the Workshop event held from 16th – 22nd April 2012 at the Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte dedicated specially to the artists of the Bevilacqua La Masa Ateliers in 2012. The publication comes to a close with two brief biographies of the 32 artists involved in the initiatives.

The contemporary and creative slant of the volume is further underlined by the graphic imagery provided by Friend Make Books.

The volume has been made possible thanks to the contribution of the Compagnia di San Paolo.