Alfredo Cramerotti maps meaning to method in artist Ding Yi’s practice

In the sterile environs of the Oscar Niemeyer Auditorium at Château La Coste, Chinese artist Ding Yi’s works seem to pop off the walls, their bold swathes of red, blue and yellow at odds with the gently undulating landscape of the 600-acre vineyard and art complex in southeastern France. Prediction and Retrospection is the first significant institutional survey of the geometric abstractionist’s work in Europe. Curated by Alfredo Cramerotti, director of Media Majlis at Northwestern Qatar, the exhibition showcases around 30 works on canvas, wood and paper and is on view from July 3 - September 15, 2024. STIR’s conversation with Cramerotti highlights the significance of presenting a large body of Ding Yi’s work in conversation with the European institutional art scene.