BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors
Castello di Ama per l’Arte Contemporanea
Site-specific installations for a dual passion: art and wine
![Cristina Iglesias, 2008 (installation view). Courtesy Castello di Ama per l'Arte Contemporanea. Photo: Alessandro Moggi](/site/assets/files/18407/2020-10-28_23-40-54_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-v1.640x0.jpg?v=1339683989 640w, /site/assets/files/18407/2020-10-28_23-40-54_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-v1.jpg?v=1459802321 1024w)
![Kendell Geers, Revolution/Love, 2003 (installation view). Courtesy Castello di Ama per l'Arte Contemporanea. Photo: Alessandro Moggi](/site/assets/files/18412/2020-10-28_23-43-00_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/18412/2020-10-28_23-43-00_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
One thing is essential for Lorenza Sebasti and Marco Pallanti: the uniqueness of place: this is true of their wines, of course, whose uniqueness is owed to the soil’s inherent qualities, but also of their art collection, which consists exclusively of site-specific and permanent installations. The project started in 2000, and almost every year an artist is invited in their vineyard estate to dialogue and create a piece inspired by the spirit of the place. Since 2015 Philip Larratt-Smith is in charge of the project and curated the last installations of Lee Ufan ( 2016), Roni Horn (2017) and Miroslaw Balka (2019).
![Hiroshi Sugimoto, 2014 (installation view). Courtesy Castello di Ama per l'Arte Contemporanea. Photo: Alessandro Moggi](/site/assets/files/18411/2020-10-28_23-38-21_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/18411/2020-10-28_23-38-21_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Roni Horn, 2017 (installation view). Courtesy Castello di Ama per l'Arte Contemporanea. Photo: Alessandro Moggi](/site/assets/files/18411/2020-10-28_23-38-39_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/18411/2020-10-28_23-38-39_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
The first artist was Michelangelo Pistoletto, who set up a four-meter-high tree with a mirror hidden inside of it—a trademark of the artist—in the basement of the Villa Pianigiani. After Pistoletto, many other well-known artists, such as Daniel Buren or Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, came and dealt with this unique space in their own striking way.
![Miroslaw Balka, Red Nerve, 2019. Photo: Alessandro Moggi](/site/assets/files/18417/2020-11-11_15-07-35_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/18417/2020-11-11_15-07-35_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Miroslaw Balka, Red Nerve, 2019. Photo: Alessandro Moggi](/site/assets/files/18417/2020-11-11_15-10-13_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/18417/2020-11-11_15-10-13_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
"Artists from all over the world give life to a community, devoid of ideologies and yet the works created are deeply linked to the local situation."
Take a further look into this concept with individual videos for each of the presented artists on the Castello di Ama per l’Arte Contemporanea website below.
![Daniel Buren, 2001 (installation view). Courtesy Castello di Ama per l'Arte Contemporanea. Photo: Alessandro Moggi](/site/assets/files/18414/2020-10-28_23-48-04_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/18414/2020-10-28_23-48-04_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![Daniel Buren, 2001 (installation view). Courtesy Castello di Ama per l'Arte Contemporanea. Photo: Alessandro Moggi](/site/assets/files/18414/2020-10-28_23-48-14_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/18414/2020-10-28_23-48-14_castello-di-ama-per-larte-contemporanea_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
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