Orlane per l’arte Prize

The Orlane per l’Arte Prize has been assigned to Lehmann gallery, for the quality of the exhibition and the attention dedicated to the represented artists. Having reached the third edition, the prize, promoted by Orlane, provides a figure of 10,000 euros in support of the research and development of the gallery.

Jury: Stefano Collicelli Cagol, General Director, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Chris Dercon, Managing Director, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris, Andreja Hribernik, Director, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz.

“As a jury, we have decided to award the Orlane per l’Arte Prize to Lehmann gallery. We appreciate the gallery’s presentation of an artistic position that addresses the topic of time through a complex, multi-perspective body of work combining video and needlework. As both media are inherently time-based, they resonate perfectly with the content of the artist’s work, which focuses on the motif of Goya’s Saturn Devouring His Son. The presentation creates a tension between scatology and beauty, bringing together beautifully executed knitted works that refer to the process of digestion and a video, O Prado, featuring a mesmerising conversation among friends as they eat and reflect on the appearance of a stolen Goya in a restaurant. Here, words and textiles intertwine, establishing a powerful connection with the very origin of the word “textile” itself, being “tessere” or weaving and reading. The temporal dimension of all the works also calls for a particular degree of attention and engagement on the part of the fair’s visitors.”