Maramotti Collection
Research
Maramotti Collection
Love for art, attention to the evolution of new expressive languages, the desire to share with other art lovers a place to be lived as open space of research and knowledge: this is the philosophy behind the opening to the public of the Maramotti Collection wanted by Achille Maramotti, entrepreneur, founder of Max Mara and passionate art collector.
The permanent Collection, opened at the end of 2007 in the old company headquarters in Reggio Emilia, hosts more than two hundred works of art – by about one hundred international artists from 1950 up to today, including: Vito Acconci, Francis Beacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alberto Burri, Francesco Clemente, Tony Cragg, Tano Festa, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Mario Merz, Luigi Ontani, Mimmo Paladino, Tom Sachs, Mario Schifano, Julian Schnabel and Bill Viola - and can be visited by appointment.
Temporary exhibitions are also organised with projects made to measure for the Collection, by young Italian and international artists.
For further information and opening times see link.
Highlights
DUE by Margherita Manzelli
february 28 - may 2, 2010
Collezione Maramotti is pleased to present DUE, an exhibition of new work by Margherita Manzelli.
The exhibition includes two paintings of equal size on which the artist worked concurrently and which were created specifically for this project. One of the two paintings is dark, the other light, and they are installed symmetrically in the space in order that the tonal contrast will enhance the relationship between the works.
Gert & Uwe Tobias
From November 15, 2009 to February 14, 2010 Gert & Uwe Tobias present their recent work at the Maramotti Collection, in the Pattern Room, an installation composed of twenty one pieces, from large size woodcuts to drawings and sculptures, placed inside a walldrawing covering all the walls of the exhibition space.
Their works mix abstract and figurative elements taken from the folk culture of their place of origin, Transylvania, but also from a contemporary formal language, where points of reference are imbued with strong ironic flavours.