When we first spoke to HangarBicocca's newly minted artistic director, Vicente Todolí, the Milan gallery was on the verge of catapulting onto the global contemporary art scene. Two years on, that momentum has showed no sign of slowing as Todolí touched down in London to reveal the gallery's ambitious 2015-2018 exhibition programme.
Nine major solo exhibitions and three special projects are set take over the unique 15,000 sq m space, which is managed and funded by Pirelli. Fresh from his dazzling outing at New York's Park Avenue Armory, the artist Philippe Parreno will kick off the proceedings with a site-specific retrospective curated by Andrea Lissoni (his last exhibition for the gallery). Parreno will be succeeded by the likes of Carsten Höller, Kishio Suga, Miroslaw Balka, Lucio Fontana and Marr Mullican in the HangarBicocca’s main exhibition space, the Navate.
In the adjoining Shed space – dedicated to solo exhibitions of young, established artists – curator Roberta Tenconi has tapped Petrit Halilaj, Laure Provost and Maria Nordman. (Of the latter’s dubious inclusion in a venue normally intended for young artists, Todolí gleefully explains that all rules were made to be broken).
Todolí stresses the importance of refreshing the gallery's appeal beyond its enviable show roster. To wit, the space hosting Anselm Kiefer’s permanent installation will soon welcome five large-scale companion pieces by the artist. Artist Céline Condorelli, meanwhile, will create a public art project in the form of urban furniture to take pride of place at the HangarBicocca’s entrance while the gallery will host an exhibition curated by architect Pierluigi Nicolin that will reflect on the relationship between architecture and art.
Currently on show at the gallery's main Navate space is a retrospective of Juan Muñoz's most significant works including 'Double Bind', which is being shown for the first time since it was unveiled in the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall in 2001. Photography: Attilio Maranzano. Courtesy of Fondazione HangarBicocca, Milan
At the same time, the Shed space is hosting a sweeping exhibition devoted to Damián Ortega, entitled 'Casino'. With both shows set to close in autumn, we examine the artists that they will be passing the torch to for HangarBicocca's upcoming shows...
Artist: Philippe Parenno
Date: 22 October 2015 until 14 February 2016
Pictured: 'H {N)Y P N(Y} OSIS', 2015, installation view at Park Avenue Armory, New York.
Artist: Petrit Halilaj
Date: 2 December 2015 until 13 March 2016
Pictured: I'm hungry to keep you close. I want to find the words to resist but in the end there is a locked sphere. The funny thing is that yoju're not here, nothing is', 2013, installation view at the Kosovo Pavilion, Venice Biennale.
Artist: Carsten Höller
Date: 9 March until 31 July 2016
Pictured: 'Flying Mushrooms', 2015, installation view at Hayward Gallery, London
Artist: Kishio Suga
Date: September 2016 until January 2017
Pictured: 'An Aspect as a Whole (Zentai no Naka no Ichisokumen)', 1978/2014, installation view at the Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum in Shizuoka, Japan.
Artist: Laure Provost
Date: October 2016 until February 2017
Pictured: 'For Forgetting', 2014, installation view at New Museum, New York.
Artist: Miroslaw Balka
Date: February until May 2017
Pictured: '250 x 700 x 455, Ø 41 x 41/Zoo/T', 2007, installation view at the White Cube, London. Courtesy of the White Cube
Artist: Maria Nordman
Date: March until July 2017
Pictured: Installation view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto. © Fundação de Serralves, Porto
Artist: Lucio Fontana
Date: June until November 2017
Pictured: 'Concetto spaziale, Attese', 1962-1963
Artist: Matt Mullican
Date: December 2017 until April 2018
Pictured: 'Organizing the World', 2011, installation view at Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2011. Courtesy of the artist, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich and Massimo De Carlo, Milan/London. Photography: Jens Weber
In addition to the gallery's enviable new exhibition programme, the space hosting Anselm Kiefer’s permanent installation, 'The Seven Heavenly Palaces' (pictured), will soon welcome five large-scale companion pieces by the artist
Artist Céline Condorelli, meanwhile, will create a public art project in the form of urban furniture to take pride of place at the HangarBicocca’s entrance. Pictured: 'A Bras Le Corps (to Amalia Pica)', 2014, installation view at Chisenhale Gallery in London.
And from April until September 2016, the gallery will host an exhibition curated by architect Pierluigi Nicolin for the XXI International Exhibition of the Triennale di Milano that will reflect on the relationship between architecture and art. Pictured: 'La soglia magica', 2011, by Studio Nicolin
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