Art Mapping Piemonte is a project organised in collaboration with the Piedmont Region with the support of Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, to help people discover contemporary art away from traditional exhibition models.

The initiative produced by Fondazione Torino Musei and curated by Ilaria Bonacossa for Artissima calls for the creation of three site-specific installations by international contemporary artists, and the production of a map that highlights the most outstanding works of public contemporary art in the Piedmont territory. The results converged in a guide edited for Artissima by Vittoria Martini, produced and distributed thanks to the cooperation of Artribune, and featuring food and wine recommendations provided by Gambero Rosso.

Following the opening in 2019 of the first installation by Mario Airò (Pavia, Italy, 1961) at the deconsecrated church of San Remigio, founded in 1033 as a monastery complex at Parodi (AL), in 2020 Artissima curates the second installation of the Art Mapping Piemonte project, Griglie d’oro. At the water tower of Novello, a structure in reinforced concrete still in use in the hills of Barolo, a heritage zone listed by UNESCO, the artist Olivier Mosset – one of the most radical representatives of a contemporary way of painting that undermines the ideal of artistic originality through objectivity and serial production – decided to not disguise the architectural structure, but to enhance it by painting
 the grilles, the iron gate and the roof in gold. A minimal but yet poetic intervention aimed at underlining the importance of these structures for this territory.

In 2020, Art Mapping Piemonte also includes a new public art project by the artist Roberto Coda Zabetta (Biella, Italy, 1975)  at Wine Experience, an interactive space on wine culture opened by Mondodelvino group in the headquarters at Priocca. The installation presented by Coda Zabetta and Mondodelvino represents an ulterior evolution of the public art project Cantiere 1 on the terrace of the historic complex of SS. Trinità delle Monache – the former Military Hospital of Napoli – supported by the City of Napoli and Museo Madre/Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee. Removed from its installed location and taken back to the studio, the gigantic canvas that covered the panoramic terrace has been the focus of reflections over the last two years, and has found new locations, including – in 2018 – the space of the Oval during Artissima. At Priocca the canvas is transformed into thousands of vertical strips: a flag symbolizing rebirth, strength and continuity. With the new title CNTR (2020), the journey of Coda Zabetta’s work ends thus becoming part of the Art Mapping Piemonte project. Here you can discover more on the project through the artist’s words.

Mondodelvino also becomes the Wine Partner of the entire project, with the Cuvage Asti DOCG “Acquesi”, voted number one in the world at the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships, in the category of aromatic sparkling wines.

The next installation inaugurating in 2021 will be by artist Zhang Enli (Jilin, China, 1965) who will paint a fresco in the rural chapel of Montabone (AT), facing the vineyards of Brachetto d’Acqui, with a surprising camouflage effect.

The updated version of the guide is available in digital format here below.