Is it true that they are interested in buying Madonnas? Not many Europeans or Americans can do that! I confess I don’t know a lot about their Buddhist culture. I was so impressed when a Korean visitor came to the gallery in Milan and recognized all the saints in the Old Masters we had on display. Koreans are predominantly Christian and Buddhist, and the Christians there are very devout and go to church often, which is amazing. Marco Voena, is it true that Korea is mostly a Catholic country? The butterfly is an eternal symbol of the flight of the soul and the fleeting nature of human existence on earth. It is really colourful and decorative, but at the same time it deals with big ideas, past and present, life and death.
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We showed one of Hirst’s great butterfly works, one of the biggest of its kind, a massive roundel evoking the stained glass rose windows of the great Catholic cathedrals of Europe. Was there a particular work that was very successful? We also included famous French or English artists like Chagall, Picasso, and Damien Hirst who proved to be a real success in Korea. We are calling it “From Giotto to Fontana, we take 600 years of Italian art”. We were trying to present a history of 600 years of Western art, from the medieval period to Lucio Fontana.
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At Frieze Seoul we were in a section called Frieze Masters, which includes modern works as well as Old Masters.
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It was a great success - we published a catalogue and we brought examples of all of Fontana’s greatest works, including paintings with holes and slashes, the famous Concetti Spaziali (Spacial Concepts), ceramics, and also photographs by Ugo Mulas that documented Fontana working in his studio.Īre they interested in European art in Korea, not only in Fontana or contemporary artists but also in Old Masters? I started a relationship with Korea in 2021 when, at the suggestion of my son Edoardo and together with an investment firm, I organised the first exhibition of Lucio Fontana in the Far East, and in particular in Korea.