In a historical place strategically located in the center of the Eternal City in Piazza Barberini, with the inauguration of Maggiore g.a.m. & Sina Bernini Bristol Open Space the guests of the hotel together with the gallery visitors will have the privilege to enjoy the work La Grande Rampante by Arman (1999), a large accumulation of Ferrari F40 model made of bronze - 120 x 130 x 50 cm. - editioned from the same-named monument made in 1999 by Arman, placed at the entrance to the "Enzo e Dino Ferrari" circuit where the Formula 1 San Marino Grand Prix is held. This is the only monument and only work of art authorized by Ferrari.
Maggiore g.a.m. & Sina Bernini Bristol Open Space is a new point of reference for the enjoyment of art that stands at the same time as an exhibition space of Galleria d'Arte Maggiore g.a.m. in the heart of the hospitality of Sina Bernini Bristol in Rome, and as an open place - Open Space in fact - for a dialogue thanks to events aimed at emphasizing the interdisciplinary nature of art in a place that is inherently of encounter and exchange, since it is meant to welcome travellers. A new way of dealing with art and an all-Italian partnership, as it is the spirit of the gallery that proudly carries on the art of our country internationally and Sina Hotels group's, that has been an essential prestige reference for luxury hospitality in the main Italian art cities for over 65 years.
The work is a reduced scale bronze assemblage made up of deconstructed and reassembled replicas of the legendary Ferrari F40 model reproducing the monument Rampante placed at the entrance to the "Enzo e Dino Ferrari" International Circuit in Imola. It was commissioned to Arman by Franco Calarota, founder of Maggiore g.a.m., and by the Municipality of Imola. Built in 1999 and inaugurated on April 30th that same year on the occasion of the Formula 1 Grand Prix San Marino, the monument celebrates the all-Italian history of Ferrari. For the occasion, the Maranello car manufacturer has granted the master of Nouveau Réalisme the use of its iconic red paint both for the five-meters high monument as well as for its scale reproductions, such as the one that will be exhibited at Maggiore g.a.m. Sina & Bernini Bristol Open Space - and which makes the work the only one officially authorized by Ferrari.
Arman was not new to artistic projects that paid homage to Italy. Thanks to a close friendship and personal relationship with Franco Calarota, in 1994 Galleria d'Arte Maggiore g.a.m. curated a personal exhibition of the artist at the MIC - International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza where Arman engaged himself with monumental ceramic assemblage sculptures. Among the works, he reproduced and assembled a FIAT 500 model in real scale made of ceramic, called Piccin gari (1994). Some other majestic works in that exhibition are: Bielles coulées, an assemblage of car engines reproduction made of ceramic; Tribute to the mother, an assemblage of ancient sewing machines; Quatre étages de conversation, a tribute to Italy; the ceramic reinterpretation of the famous Venuses in Sex - Appeal and Rondelles de belle. Maggiore g.a.m. has collaborated with the loan of works to many of the personal exhibitions about Arman's art. Among them we recall the latest that was held at Palazzo Cipolla in Rome,Fondazione Terzo Pilastro, curated by Germano Celant (2017) who curated the monograph on Arman's work as well.
The Open Space project by Maggiore g.a.m. & Sina Bernini Bristol presents a new formula for enjoying art thanks to a location open 24h 7/7 such as the lobby of a luxury hotel which welcomes visitors by its very nature. Guests and visitors who will be able to enjoy the artwork and contact the gallery via its website 24 hours a day.
«He played and had fun, but at the same time he slyly wondered about our world as an immense parade of objects which, as we have not yet found the boxes in which to place them in a harmonious reciprocal relationship, we just have to put together, as in the waiting - not infrequently anguished - to discover the secret of a hidden form, of a golden rule which one feels nostalgia for».
Umberto Eco, L'arman e l'elenco, L'Espresso, 19 November 2005
For further information about Maggiore g.a.m. & Sina Bernini Bristol OPEN SPACE, visit the website of Sina Bernini Bristol.
