Gian Maria Tosatti scores a hat trick: he has also conquered the Hangar Bicocca in Milan

They may or may not like him (his detractors certainly don’t), but Gian Maria Tosatti is increasingly the Italian artist of the moment, and after being named the only artist to represent our country at the Italian Pavilion of the 2022 Venice Biennale, and after being appointed Artistic Director of the Quadriennale in Rome (all in the space of a few days, at the end of the summer: two appointments that also had their contour of contestations, with much criticism from insiders), now the Roman artist also conquers theHangarBicocca in Milan. In fact, he is the only Italian artist featured in the institute’s exhibition programming until 2024.

In fact, the Pirelli HangarBicocca has announced future exhibitions from now until 2024: it starts from Feb. 17 to July 24, 2022 with Metaspore by Anicka Yi, then from March 31 to July 31, 2022 it will be the turn of Steve McQueen, while the fall will be under the banner of Bruce Nauman (with Neons, Corridors & Rooms from Sept. 15, 2022 to Feb. 26, 2023) and the young South African Dineo Seshee Bopape, in her first solo show in Italy. The year 2023 will open precisely with Gian Maria Tosatti and his Hôtel de la Lune (Feb. 23 to July 16), continuing with Ann Veronica Janssens from April 6 to July 30, 2023. Seventh and eighth projects, exhibitions by Thao Nguyen Phan, between September 2023 and February 2024, and James Lee Byars, from October 2023 to March 2024.

Tosatti’s exhibition at Pirelli HangarBicocca is a project, the institute announced, on which the artist has been working for two years, and will aim to retrace the stages of his artistic practice focused on the concepts of collectivity and memory, in their historical, political and spiritual significance. Carrying out long and articulate research, and drawing freely on the language of visual arts, performance and architecture, Tosatti in fact creates sculptural works and large site-specific installations, often conceived for entire buildings or urban areas and intended to last for long periods of time, with work that also involves communities connected to the places where the works take shape, as is the case for Sette Stagioni dello Spirito (2013-2016), a titanic seven-stage project that involved several emblematic buildings in the city of Naples that had previously been abandoned, or more recently for My Heart is a Void, the Void is a Mirror, a work-in-progress that began in 2018 and is being developed in multiple countries(read also here our interview with Tosatti on this project). The exhibition will present several installations and historical works within a large new environmental intervention that will radically transform the space of the Shed, manipulating it and offering the viewer the chance to confront a new dimension.

In the photo: Gian Maria Tosatti

Gian Maria Tosatti scores a hat trick: he has also conquered the Hangar Bicocca in Milan

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