FONDAZIONE 107,

LARA NICKEL 12 Horses – Homage to October 19 – December 1, 2018 FONDAZIONE 107, Turin,

Fondazione 107 is pleased to present 12 Horses – Homage to Jannis Kounellis, by American installation-based painter Lara Nickel. The artist's large-scale project will premiere on October 19th, 2019 at Fondazione 107 in Turin. This exhibition will mark the 50th anniversary of artist Jannis Kounellis’ famous 1969 Senza titolo (12 cavalli) installation, originally shown at Galleria L’Attico in . This is the first exhibition of Lara Nickel’s work in Italy.

Perhaps the most famous piece of Arte Povera and of Jannis Kounellis, Senza titolo (12 cavalli) consisted of twelve living horses tethered to the walls of a gallery – one of the most radical and influential post-war works of art. Lara Nickel's homage is comprised of twelve life-size paintings of horses, all painted realistically with white backgrounds. Her paintings are displayed in a similar manner to Kounellis’ live horses: positioned on the ground and installed perpendicularly to the wall in Fondazione 107’s old factory space. Installed in this non-traditional way, the images of horses appear to be standing in the room, making the architectural space itself the setting of the paintings.

Not all of the paintings are clearly visible from the front of the room, engaging viewers to physically enter the space. 12 Horses – Homage to Jannis Kounellis is to be experienced; the paintings become a figurative sculptural intervention, its audience navigating the canvases placed within the exhibition site: a sensual, interactive participation with painting. Using Kounellis' original piece as an art historical backdrop, Nickel’s paintings are not only portraits of horses but painting-as-illusion, painting-as- object, and painting-as-situation.

Fondazione 107 is excited to present 12 Horses – Homage to Jannis Kounellis in Turin, a major historical birthplace of the influential Arte Povera movement.

A trilingual (English-Italian-French) fully illustrated publication for 12 Horses – Homage to Jannis Kounellis by Skira Editore will accompany the exhibition - including texts by , Alex Bacon, Jose Jimenez and Lara Nickel.

Please join us for the opening reception on October 19, 5-8pm. Fondazione 107 Via Sansovino, 234 10151 Torino Tel. +39 011 4544474 www.fondazione107.it Regular hours: Thursday to Sunday – 2-7pm

For additional information, photographic material, or image reproduction rights please contact Federico Piccari: [email protected] / +39 011 4544474 or Nicolas Graille: [email protected] / +1 202 256 0969