martino gamper: condominium at galleria franco noero

condominium by martino gamper
galleria franco noero, turin, italy
september 20th – october 25th, 2011



‘condominium’ by martino gamper at the galleria franco noero, torino, italy
production still of exhibition
image © sebastiano pellion di persano
all images courtesy martino gamper and galleria franco noero, torino


turin's galleria franco noero will feature 'condominium', a site-specific solo exhibition
by italian-born london-based designer martino gamper. the installation fills the gallery's unusual interior space
with a collection of recent mixed media pieces, tailored from found objects.

housed in a wedge-shaped 18th century building nicknamed the 'slice of polenta', the galleria franco noero
comprises three stories, each of which is conceptualized by gamper as an individual home within a condominium.
gamper relocated to turin for a month to create the works in the exhibition, which consist of found furniture pieces
that he has reassembled into new forms. the hybrid cupboards, tables, nightstands, chairs and lamps are positioned
to recall various apartment settings, as might be occupied by middle class families of the fifties through the seventies.

from the gallery:
'[the exhibition is modeled as though the space were] a real ‘condominium’, in which the objects are displayed
in the spaces as they were portions of houses, in order to create a total living space. gamper builds unique pieces
by hybridating the found pieces of furniture, cutting and assembling their parts in new forms,
repositioning part of their creative and material history in a project fully orchestrated by him.'



affettato misto #4 - mixed media
image © sebastiano pellion di persano



attacca sedia - mixed media
image © sebastiano pellion di persano



affettato misto nell’angolo - mixed media
image © sebastiano pellion di persano



detail on shelf from above photograh, affettato misto #3 - mixed media
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detail, affettato misto 1+2 - mixed media
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opening of the gallery, martino gamper ‘condominium’ production still
image © sebastiano pellion di persano