left: untitled (transient possession), 2008; right: Quello che trovo, quello che penso, 2010

…the Rome-based Italian artist (b. 1955) who is admired by all of my Italian artist friends, has an audio piece which I encountered today in a hallway gallery at MAXXI (making the most of the much appreciated Spring-like weather in Rome, I arrived by bicycle via the path along the Tiber River embankment – also drawn by the Pier Luigi Nervi show, the highlight of which was the display of personal letters from collaborators and friends such as Saarinen, Breuer and Tange) entitled Quello che trovo, quello che penso, in which he describes what he finds and thinks while isolated behind a service stair during the museum openings for the exhibition (May 27th & 28th, 2010), reflecting “…the position of the artist with respect to the institution” – yes – and during my first month in Rome he came over for a friendly lunch visit and gave me edition 9,021/10,000 of untitled (transient possession), 2008, a Union Beer spill on paper drawing that must be given to whoever asks for it when it is displayed – so keep that in mind the next time you visit me.