Collector couple Bruna Girodengo and Matteo Viglietta both share a passion – an unquenchable thirst to learn about collecting art.
MARIO MERZ, Bicchiere e bottiglia trapassati , 1967. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
Collector couple Bruna Girodengo and Matteo Viglietta both share a passion – an unquenchable thirst to learn about collecting art.
The pair, who initially purchased a collage by Giacomo Balla from 1918, soon turned their attention to art from the 1960s to present day, with a particular focus on Minimal Art, Conceptual Art and Arte Povera. Today, the Collezione La Gaia includes over 1 200 artworks from significant Italian artists such as Alighiero Boetti, Giuseppe Penone and Michelangelo Pistoletto placed in “conversation” with contemporary works from Anish Kapoor, Tony Cragg and Bill Viola to name just a few.
Collecting without “criteria or order” and without favoriting medium or creative approach, the Collezione La Gaia is a true representation of what transpires when you collect due to courage and follow your heart and gut.
YURI ANCARANI, Da Vinci, 2012. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
ELISABETTA BENASSI, They Live We Sleep, 2008. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
CHU YUN, This is XX, 2006. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
VIJA CELMINS, Shasta, 1964. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
ROMAN SIGNER, Garderobe, 2014. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, Second Marriage, 2008. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
(l–r) GIUSEPPE PENONE, Albero, 1989; FRANZ ERHARD WALTHER, Olivgrün, Hellocker, Ziegelton gebr. Umbra from Gesang des Lagers series, 1989/90; WOLFGANG TILLMANS, lignin duress (b), 2014; LUCIO FONTANA, Natura, 1960. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca. Photo: Maurizio Elia & Matteo Borzone
(l–r) JEFF WALL, Pleading, 1984; ALIGHIERO BOETTI, Colonne, 1968; PINO PASCALI, Lanciamissili “Uncle Sam and Uncle Tom”, 1965; JOSEPH KOSRUTH, Neon electrical light english glass letters white eight, 1965; MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO, Amore, 1966. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca. Photo: Maurizio Elia & Matteo Borzone
(l–r) SOL LEWITT, Wall drawing #1094, 1994; FRANCESCO LO SAVIO, Articolazione totale, 1962; WILLIAM ANASTASI, Black Burst, 2005. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca. Photo: Maurizio Elia & Matteo Borzone
(l–r) SALVATORE SCARPITTA, Over the fence, 1962; DAVID HAMMONS, Untitled (Basketball drawing), 2004; EDWARD KIENHOLZ, Middle Islands No. 2, 1972. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca. Photo: Maurizio Elia & Matteo Borzone
PETER FRIEDL, Untitled, Brothers in Crime, 2003; Peter Friedl, 1998. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca. Photo: Maurizio Elia & Matteo Borzone
(l–r) T. LEWIS, 41. Don’t postpone joy, 2016; CHRISTIAN JANKOWSKI, Paintings have to be good. From the series Was ich noch zu erledigen habe/What Still Needs To Be Done), 2007/15; T. Lewis, Schuncsm, 2015; Mox, 2015. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca. Photo: Maurizio Elia & Matteo Borzone
(l–r) GIORGIO MORANDI, Natura morta, 1922; VIJA CELMINS, Shasta, 1964; Desk with Tablets, 2008/10; Black and White Diptych, 2010; ROBERT GOBER, Untitled, 2007.Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca. Photo: Maurizio Elia & Matteo Borzone
(l) ROMAN SIGNER, Untitled, 1976-2012. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca. Photo: Maurizio Elia & Matteo Borzone
PIERRE HUYGHE, Abyssal Plain, 2015. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
VLASSIS CANIARIS, Aufenthalt/Stop, 1974. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
JULIUS KOLLER, Universal Fantastic Orientation 6 (U.F.O.), 1978. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
JOHN COPLANS, Self Portrait, Two Fingers down, 1987. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
VALIE EXPORT, Aktionshose, Genitalpanik, 1969. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
FISCHLI & WEISS, Untitled, 1986. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, Lisa Lyon, 1982. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
KEITH ARNATT, Self - Burial, 1969. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
MARK DION, Cabinet B. Reading Neptune’s Vault, 1997/98. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
WILLIAM ANASTASI, Untitled (Razor at 640 RSD 3.13.75, 7:55 - 19:37), 1975. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
ZOE LEONARD, Untitled, 2006. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
MAN RAY, Perpetual Motif, 1970-71. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
ALFREDO JAAR, Kultur=Kapital, 2012. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
ANISH KAPOOR, Untitled, 1991. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
THOMAS HIRSCHHORN, Plan B, 2003. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
JOSEPH KOSUTH, Neon electrical light english glass letters white eight, 1965. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
ANTHONY MCCALL, Coupling, 2009. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
MARZIA MIGLIORA, La morte tornò a letto, si abbracciò all'uomo e, senza ben capire quel che le stava succedendo, lei, che non dormiva mai, sentì che il sonno le faceva calare dolcemente le palpebre. Il giorno seguente non morì nessuno, 2007. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
MAURIZIO NANNUCCI, Writing is not necessary, 1990. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
STEVE MCQUEEN, Running thunder, 2007. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
MATHIEU MERCIER, Drum and Bass IN 2, 2015. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
ROSEMARIE TROCKEL, Replace me, 2009. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
APPARATUS 22, The Vestiges of Reason, 2013. Courtesy Collezione La Gaia, Busca
