Luca Rossi's Secret Identity Revealed as Collective After 8 Years
Luca Rossi, long perceived as an individual artist, has been revealed as a collective comprising 11 members, including Pino Boresta and Stefano W. Pasquini. This revelation emerged during a 2017 interview with Santa Nastro on Artribune. Active since 2009, the group began with the blog Whitehouse and has conducted interventions at venues such as Fondazione Prada and Tate. They presented "The Pain of Young Mr. Rossi" at the 2017 Venice Biennale and participated in SMACH 2017. The collective emphasizes independence, with members holding outside jobs and critiquing familial funding through their coined term "Nonni Genitori Foundation."
Key facts
- Luca Rossi is a collective identity, not a single person.
- The collective includes 11 named individuals: Pino Boresta, Stefano W. Pasquini, LaRisultante (Samuele Papiro), Simone Rondelet, Enrico Conte, Enrico Morsiani, Roberta Rose Cavallari, Sara Ceroni, Andrea Amaducci, Michele Mariano, Gian Paolo Renzi.
- The identity was revealed in a 2017 interview on Artribune by Santa Nastro.
- The group has been active since 2009, starting with the blog Whitehouse.
- They have staged interventions at institutions like Fondazione Prada and Tate.
- Their project 'The Pain of Young Mr. Rossi' was presented at the 2017 Venice Biennale.
- They participated in SMACH 2017 in Val Badia.
- The collective uses a mailing list for coordination but allows independent action.
- Members maintain day jobs outside the art world to preserve independence.
- The group coined the term 'Nonni Genitori Foundation' to critique artists funded by family.
Entities
Artists
- Pino Boresta
- Stefano W. Pasquini
- LaRisultante
- Samuele Papiro
- Simone Rondelet
- Enrico Conte
- Enrico Morsiani
- Roberta Rose Cavallari
- Sara Ceroni
- Andrea Amaducci
- Michele Mariano
- Gian Paolo Renzi
- Fabio Cavallucci
- Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
- Vanessa Beecroft
- Alberto Dambruoso
- Giorgio Agamben
- Gilles Deleuze
- Lino Baldini
- Michelangelo
- Lucio Fontana
Institutions
- Artribune
- Centro Pecci di Prato
- GAMeC di Bergamo
- Fondazione Prada
- Tate
- Galleria Placentia
- Biennale di Venezia
- SMACH
Locations
- Imola
- Italy
- Prato
- Bergamo
- Val Badia
- Venice
- United States
- Placentia