Opening 25 November 2023

Mindscape - Christof Klute is the twenty-second exhibition organized by the Rolla Foundation. On this occasion, the Foundation is presenting twenty-nine works by the German photographer from the private collection of Philip and Rosella Rolla, focusing on places of reflection and ideas. These are themes close to Klute, who studied philosophy, theology, and literature before turning to photography.

The exhibition is held in contemporary with Revisited - Christof Klute at CONSARC/GALLERIA .

Christof Klute (Münster, 1966) after studying Theology at the University of Münster (1986-88) and Philosophy at the University of Cologne (1990-1995), Christof Klute studied Photography with Bernd Becher and Thomas Ruff at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf (1995-2002). He graduated as a master’s student with Thomas Ruff.
In his works he explores places where philosophers such as Spinoza, Rousseau and Wittgenstein wrote important treatises, or spiritual spaces such as churches and monasteries. Architecture is also present, especially the concepts of modern architecture. In this context, he has made photographic series on the architects Le Corbusier, Terragni, Niemeyer, and an important work on the city of Tel Aviv.
Christof Klute has exhibited with Gallery Löhrl (Mönchengladbach, Germany), Galeria Maior (Pollenca, Spain), Stiftung St. Matthäus (Berlin, Germany), Cons Arc Gallery (Chiasso, Switzerland), SK Stiftung Kultur (Cologne, Germany), Mamco Musée d'art moderne et contemporain (Geneva, Switzerland), International Museum of the Reformation, Geneva, Switzerland), Museum Couvent de Jakobins (Toulouse, France), Huis Marseille, Museum for photography (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Museum für Photographie (Braunschweig, Germany), Kunstmuseum Magdeburg (Germany).

Opening Saturday 25 November:
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. : Revisited CONSARC/GALLERIA,  Street F. Borromini 2  - Chiasso
3 p.m. - 6 p.m. : Mindscape Fondazione Rolla, la Stráda Végia (formerly via Municipio) - Bruzella

Special opening Sunday, November 26, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Rosella and Philip Rolla are pleased to share the invitation of the Grieder Contemporary Gallery of Zurich, which will occupy our Borgovico33 space in Como for a few months.

On Friday, Nov. 3 at 5:30 p.m. Grieder Contemporary opens its second exhibition, a group show curated by Lorenzo Emanuele Metzler, entitled Raggiro.
With works by: Nicola Genovese, Melli Ink, Marta Margnetti, Valentina Pini, Jacopo Pischedda, Peter Rogiers, Una Szeemann.

The exhibition will be open until 25 November on Fridays and Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment (write to info@grieder-contemporary.com).

With great pleasure we present the book/biography of Philip Rolla written by Maria Grazia Rabiolo.


When Philip Rolla left California after graduating from university, the trip he took was diametrically opposite to that of his grandparents, who had arrived in California in the early twentieth century from Piedmont. His professional adventure began in Turin and continued in Italian-speaking Switzerland. A craftsman-engineer, he is the inventor of the most high-performance propellers in the world. His name is linked to powerboat racing and to boats in general. On top of that, he has always nurtured a great passion for contemporary art and photography. He has lived all his life between the United States, which he has never forgotten, and Europe, in particular Switzerland. In Bruzella, in the Valle di Muggio, where he lives with his wife Rosella. he has assembled an important art collection and a foundation that holds reqular photography exhibitions in the former kindergarten. Unquestionably, Phil Rolla's life has been both special and interesting. This biography written by Maria Grazia Rabiolo goes back over it stage by stage with both precision and a sense of participation. What emerges is the portrait of a man, a professional, and a collector who is, to say the least, unique, and inimitable

Maria Grazia Rabiolo was born in 1957 in Lausanne (Canton Vaud) and grew up in Viganello (Cantone Ticino). She earned a degree in Humanities from the University of Milan. As a cultural journalist she has worked for the RSI - Radiotelevisione svizzera di linqua italiana for thirty-four vears. She has lived in Bruzella with her husband since 2002.

Sylvia Notini was born in Boston and grew up in nearby Lexington. After receiving a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University she moved to Bologna, Italy, where she raised a family while teaching English at the university and working as a freelance translator.

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Maria Grazia Rabiolo
Between two worlds.
Story of Philip Rolla
translation Sylvia Notini
pp.128
210 x 148 mm
ISBN 978-88-947158-2-8
price 20 Chf/Euro

You can buy the book by writing an email to contact@rolla.info.
Soon it will also be available in various bookstores and on amazon.

Turné (weekly magazine of the RSI online newspaper) travels between two worlds to tell you the story of the inventor and art collector Philip Rolla through an exhibition and a biography written by Maria Grazia Rabiolo.

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