10 Italian cities, 10 Jaguar Land Rover dealerships, 10 contemporary art galleries, 10 Academies of Fine Arts, and 10 artists were the protagonists of JaguArt. The Italian Talent Road Show, the project launched by Artissima and Jaguar in 2019 and based on a shared desire to support emerging art and to trigger positive long-term synergies.
The project called for each city to host two events: the first, at the dealership, was fundamental to determine the winner of each stop, while the second, at the host gallery in that city, held a presentation of the research of the selected artist (discover all the stops here).
The voyage began with the selection of 10 artists: Matteo Pizzolante – winner of the first appointment in Milano, Luca Arboccò – Torino, Francesco Tagliavia – Catania, Camilla Gurgone – Roma, Boris Contarin – Venezia, Stefano Giuri – Firenze, Marco-Augusto Basso – Genova, Teresa Gargiulo – Napoli, Camilla Riscassi – Bologna, and Federica Francesconi – Brescia.
Voting began in 2020 for the occasion of Artissima Unplugged at the GAM in Torino, at the Chalet de l’Ange a Courmayeur, and continued during the group show of the 10 finalists, Sustainable Revolution, in Jaguar Land Rover dealerships in Roma, Genova, Napoli, Bologna and Brescia. The exhibition finally arrived at the fair, where the absolute winner of the project JaguArt. The Italian Talent Road Show has been awarded: Luca Arboccò.
Besides a financial award, the winner artist won the opportunity to produce an art edition, in 40 copies, shown below: Appunti per un incendio, 2021, silk-screen printing on cotton paper, 29,2 x 40 cm
