Da uno a dieci: Artists make carpets
"Da uno a dieci starts out as a joke. It emanates from one of my passions 鈥� a passion for carpets and rugs that goes back a long way, stirred up by Seth Siegelaub. Widely known as a gallerist, I am little-known as a collector. Yet my colleagues, as well as the artists, know better. I treasure a 1991 Rockenschaub and a 1993 red carpet or Moquette rossa by Alberto Garutti; I fly to South Africa and I discover a couple of young people, Igshaan Adams and Gerda Scheepers, who use fabrics in the unusual way. With Hans-Peter Feldmann, I have great fun creating lists and arranging plastic animal miniatures on red carpets. While Stefano Arienti dyes Asian carpets in a mystifying black, Maurizio Donzelli overlays colours woven in Flanders, Giulio Caponi silently embroiders and modifies rare felts, Massimo Uberti designs a Citt脿 Ideale and Flavio Favelli reinvents a vintage rug in pink. Massimo鈥檚 carpet is a tribute paid by John Isaacs, who spoils an antique Kiz Ghiordes rug. To a large Sardinian tapestry, Antonio Marras superimposes my portrait. With Caterina Boetti Jonathan Monk tells a story, while Ariel Schlesinger burns another a few steps away." - Massimo Minini
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"Da uno a dieci starts out as a joke. It emanates from one of my passions 鈥� a passion for carpets and rugs that goes back a long way, stirred up by Seth Siegelaub. Widely known as a gallerist, I am little-known as a collector. Yet my colleagues, as well as the artists, know better. I treasure a 1991 Rockenschaub and a 1993 red carpet or Moquette rossa by Alberto Garutti; I fly to South Africa and I discover a couple of young people, Igshaan Adams and Gerda Scheepers, who use fabrics in the unusual way. With Hans-Peter Feldmann, I have great fun creating lists and arranging plastic animal miniatures on red carpets. While Stefano Arienti dyes Asian carpets in a mystifying black, Maurizio Donzelli overlays colours woven in Flanders, Giulio Caponi silently embroiders and modifies rare felts, Massimo Uberti designs a Citt脿 Ideale and Flavio Favelli reinvents a vintage rug in pink. Massimo鈥檚 carpet is a tribute paid by John Isaacs, who spoils an antique Kiz Ghiordes rug. To a large Sardinian tapestry, Antonio Marras superimposes my portrait. With Caterina Boetti Jonathan Monk tells a story, while Ariel Schlesinger burns another a few steps away." - Massimo Minini
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