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Ugo Rondinone, above.







"She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by."















" Il Giardino dei Lauri: a new location dedicated to contemporary art, created by Angela e Massimo Lauro, two art collectors from Neaples, to show part of their private collection.

The exhibition of Il Giardino dei Lauri, will present the most representative group of European and world talents of the new generation artists: a selection of 71 artworks where with the more "classical" artists like Takashi Murakami, Mariko Mori, Roxy Paine, Michael Heizer, Ugo Rondinone, the group Tim Noble & Sue Webster, or the italians Massimo Bartolini and Maurizio Cattelan, there will be the artworks of the most representative European and international artists under 40 like Aaron Young, Eric Wesley, Dash Snow, Piero Golia, Matthew Monahan, Piotr Uklanski, Urs Fischer and Gary Webb."

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Artists: Darren Almond, Richard Aldrich, David Altmejd, Kristin Baker, Tom Burr, Massimo Bartolini, Ashley Bickerton, John Bock, Bozidar Bradza, Nahon Brigitte, Valentin Carron, Maurizio Cattelan, Martin Creed, Jen DeNike, Urs Fischer, Fischerspooner, Fischli & Weiss, Piero Golia, Mark Handforth, Michael Heizer, Thomas Helbig, Christian Holstad, Martin Kersels, Jim Lambie, Nate Lowman, Domenico Antonio Mancini, Jonathan Meese, Matthew Monahan, Mariko Mori, Dave Muller, Takashi Murakami, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Roxy Paine, Jorge Pardo, Paul Pfeiffer, Anselm Reyle, Tal R, Stephen G. Rhodes, Cristina Lei Rodriguez, Ugo Rondinone, Vincenzo Rusciano, Lorenzo Scotto di Luzio, Dash Snow, Rudolf Stingel, Piotr Uklanski, Eric Wesley, Gary Webb, Aaron Young, Carlo Zanni