![]() ![]() That is to say that the collection is not limited to his aesthetic taste. Sigg encouraged the creative paths of contemporary Chinese artists, directly acquiring multiple works. ![]() A particular context, specifically the lack of cultural institutions dedicated to contemporary art, convinced him, even more, to devote himself to building this collection. Over the years he spent in the Asian country, Sigg created relationships and friendships with numerous artists. Sigg emphasizes that this period wasn’t only the beginning of the open market, but also the beginning of contemporary art in China. I collect, but rather than a collector, I prefer to define myself as a researcher ”. “Thanks to my journey through art – says Sigg – I believe I can say that I have seen more China than many Chinese. He thought that through knowledge of Chinese contemporary art, he could discover the real people’s perspectives, not contaminated by politics or finances. He came to China, feeling, as he says, ignorant in a new cultural context. “I came to introduce a model for investment in China for the outside world” – he explains during the meeting in Rivoli. While the world asserts and supports China’s efforts to contain a virus, we, in the field of culture, are doing our best to enable maximum cultural exchange, share ideas and points of view ”.įollowing the Open Door Policy statement, Uli Sigg was the first entrepreneur to travel to China in 1979 for Schindler. Unsurprisingly, much of the true substance of this exhibition is the story of the birth and development of the collection itself, carefully traced in detail in the text accompanying the exhibition.Ĭarolyn Christov-Bakargiev, director of Castello di Rivoli, comments: “ This exhibition of works from the Sigg Collection is part of a new important line of museum programming that investigates the relationship between private and public collections, focusing on the need to make the experience of art more familiar and accessible, instead of neutralizing it in traditionally impersonal museum containers. ![]() Uli Sigg‘s collection of Chinese contemporary art ”, curated by Marcella Beccaria, is the presentation of the prestigious collection recognized as the most important in the world, which, in its complete version, includes about 2,500 works by over 500 artists. The exhibition “In front of the collector. The pathway of gathering works for the Chinese contemporary art collection, which we see at the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art until 30 August 2020 for the first time in Italy, is a story of intercontinental curiosity that evolved into a passion. ![]()
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