FIVE MASTERPIECES FROM A COLLECTION 1985-1995

The FIVE MASTERPIECES FROM A COLLECTION 1985-1995 exhibition presents the historical core of the works of the artists of the School of San Lorenzo from a prestigious private collection.

Never appeared on the market and all dated within the decade 1985-1995, the five works on display, museums in terms of quality and importance, offer a significant path within the founding moment, and today historic, of a Roman generation of artists that over time has become a “School” and which sees its components now being established as masters of the “contemporary classic”. But it is also a glance at the beginning of the gallery, which has started its own business with these artists and with whom it still has a profitable relationship of continuity.

The Faenza collection from which the works come contains many others by Gianni Dessì, Giuseppe Gallo, Nunzio, Piero Pizzi Cannella and Marco Tirelli, however it is no coincidence that these five works were chosen to represent it and to better represent these artists: each of them has always had a direct sharing relationship with this collector and an active role in the formation of his collection. The extraordinary quality of the works on display undoubtedly reflects the existence of this privileged relationship and the sharing of choices in acquisitions. The exhibition FIVE MASTERPIECES FROM A COLLECTION 1985-1995 therefore also represents a tribute to the attention, passion and special ability of this collector, to whom the OTTO Gallery has always been close, to select the best of each artist, in his period more important and more representative.

The artists of the School of San Lorenzo have been able to bring the ethical status of painting – not just language – to now unquestionable qualitative heights. Dimensions, dating and quality of the five works mean that museum works can be defined without hesitation. Thirty years later, these works express the highest level of pictorial and sculptural language in an area that is not only the Italian one, as evidenced by the fact that the most attentive market is now trying to historicize these artists by placing them in collections that are not only national but also very relevant international. After thirty years of activity these artists have demonstrated with their works that the history of Italian art can rightly count a real “New Roman School” that marks the existence of a before and after, as they do all the key moments of art history.

From 19th October 2019 to 10th January 2020