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Collezione De Iorio

Beauty & infirmity – Radiologist Mauro De Iorio has a unique understanding of the human body

Photo: Luca Meneghel
Photo: Luca Meneghel

In many ways the Collezione De Iorio, like the ancient Roman god Janus, is two-faced: one face contemplates the past, the other sees the future, and the neck clings to its base.

As a radiologist, Mauro De Iorio has a unique view and understanding of the human body. In his profession, beauty and infirmity are closely interconnected. No wonder that both aspects are centrally featured in his collection – Collezione De Iorio.

De Iorio acquired his first work of art, Giulio Paolini’s Orfeo from 1976, in 2002. Numerous other pieces followed. In scouting for new works, he doesn’t pay much heed to the art market or critical reviews. For him, collecting ultimately comes down to whether a work is capable of moving him emotionally or whether it has a symbolic dimension. Examples here include Ettore Spalletti’s monochromatic light-blue canvases, with colors you can lose yourself in, or Andra Ursuta’s Broken Obelisk, a deeply melancholic object that sits in a blue chair. The works can be seen in three different locations in Trento: in an apartment in a centrally located historic building, a modestly maintained showroom, and at De Iorio’s medical center.

– text by Sandra Danicke

Collezione De Iorio is featured in the BMW ART GUIDE by INDEPENDENT COLLECTORS.

For more information on Collezione De Iorio, visit this post by Independent Collectors.

Tecnomed, Trento. Artwork by Jon Rafman. Photo: Valentina Casalini
Tecnomed, Trento. Artwork by Jon Rafman. Photo: Valentina Casalini
Tecnomed, Trento. Photo: Valentina Casalini
Tecnomed, Trento. Photo: Valentina Casalini
Collezione De Iorio, Verona. Photo: Marco Toté
Collezione De Iorio, Verona. Photo: Marco Toté
Berlinde De Bruyckere, Enclosed Garden, 2019
Berlinde De Bruyckere, Enclosed Garden, 2019
Collezione De Iorio, Verona. Photo: Marco Toté
Collezione De Iorio, Verona. Photo: Marco Toté
Alessandro Pessoli, Like a free life, 2018
Alessandro Pessoli, Like a free life, 2018
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Nairy Baghramian. Photo: Pietro Cocco
Nairy Baghramian. Photo: Pietro Cocco
Andra Ursuta, Broken Obelisk, 2013
Andra Ursuta, Broken Obelisk, 2013
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Collezione De Iorio, Trento. Photo: Luca Meneghel
Tecnomed Zai and Collezione De Iorio, Verona. Photo: Marco Toté
Tecnomed Zai and Collezione De Iorio, Verona. Photo: Marco Toté
Nicolas Party, Untitled, 2017
Nicolas Party, Untitled, 2017
Paolini Giulio, Orfeo, 1988
Paolini Giulio, Orfeo, 1988

All images courtesy of Collezione De Iorio.

Italy (35)

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The Great Women Artists Residency

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Palazzo Monti

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The Bisazza Foundation

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Foto Project Book

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The Videoinsight® Method Part II

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Non-Aligned Modernity

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Fondazione Morra Greco

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World Art Collection

Dores Sacquegna shares a selection of works from her personal collection.

‘La Pelle’ and ‘Luogo e Segni’ – Pinault Collection

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Fondazione Opera

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Nature is Equilibrium

Installation views from the Fondazione Merz

Collezione Giuseppe Iannaccone

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The (Italian) Factory

With his collection, Maramotti intended to mirror the evolution of the most advanced artistic thinking of his time and as a result has created one of the most exciting private collections in Italy.

Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo

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The Videoinsight® Method Part I

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Sensus Collection

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Antonio Dalle Nogare

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CARMELO GRACI

“Buying ‘difficult’ works gives shape to a collection, which otherwise would be standardized on all the others.”

MATTEO NOVARESE

Collector of the SOF:ART Collection