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Book by Celant, Germano
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A 78-foot ship in the form of a Swiss army knife plies a canal in Venice, its blades unfurled; Lord Styrofoam and Georgia Sandbag embark on a romantic gondola voyage, while cream-of-cork soup is served at a bohemian cafe, and a lion statue sings from Verdi's Otello. These strange goings-on took place at a performance/art spectacle concocted by Oldenburg with California architect Gehry and writer van Bruggen. The Knife, which made its maiden voyage in Venice in 1985, was reconstructed for an exhibition at New York's Guggenheim Museum. Celant, who produced the event, describes it as a "mysterious and magical world" full of mythic and ritualistic associations, but readers will decide whether Oldenburg et al. "redeem the banal" or perpetuate it. From rehearsals to characters crashing into one another, the book captures the whole shebang.
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An 83-foot Swiss Army knife cruising the Venetian lagoon? In 1985, sculptor Claes Oldenburg, L.A. architect Frank Gehry, and writer Coosje van Bruggen joined forces for an "architectural performance" interweaving an army of characters dressed as objects in a scenario too complicated to summarize. Il Corso del Coltello lovingly documents this urban theatrical from the earliest notes through performance photographs. The eventpreaching the new architectural order in the shadow of Venetian Renaissance buildingsclearly was fun for spectators and performers alike. Recommended for specialized collections. Annette Melville, Research Libraries Group, Stanford, Cal.
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Il Corso Del Coltello: The Course of the Knife
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Rizzoli Editore, Milano, Italy, 1987
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The Course of the Knife / Il Corso del Coltello: Claes Oldenburg, Coosje van Bruggen, Frank O. Gehry
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The Course of the Knife / Il Corso Del Coltello. Claes Oldenburg, Coosje Van Bruggen, Frank O. Gehry.
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Rizzoli, 1987. First American Edition. 28,5 x 22 cm. Hardcover with dustjacket. Richly illustrated in color and b/w. 239 pages. Text in English. Dustjacket slightly damaged. NEAR FINE COPY [Art / international artist [Buitenlandse Kunstenaars] ]. Seller Inventory # #85559
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Course of the Knife, the: Il Corso del Coltello (SIGNED by Claes Oldenburg & Coosje Van Bruggen)
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This copy is boldly hand SIGNED in full across the title page by both Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen; with essay by Germanoo Celant; the trade edition of this book is limited 2,500 clothbound copies; published by Electa Milan 1986; with numerous b&w and color illustrations; softcovers with paper wrappers, pp 237; the removable fold-out dustjacket is printed by offset lithograph in four colors measures: 27 x 11in. (28x21.5cm) which is nice for framing; edition size is unknown; sewn bound and offset printed; the book with Bibliography. Documents the history of Il Corso del Coltello (The Course of the Knife), a monumental multimedia performance created by sculptor Claes Oldenburg, writer/curator Coosje van Bruggen, and architect Frank O. Gehry, and performed in Venice in 1985; SYNOPSIS: "An 83-foot Swiss Army knife cruising the Venetian lagoon? In 1985, sculptor Claes Oldenburg, L.A. architect Frank Gehry, and writer Coosje van Bruggen joined forces for an "architectural performance" interweaving an army of characters dressed as objects in a scenario too complicated to summarize. Il Corso del Coltello lovingly documents this urban theatrical from the earliest notes through performance photographs. The event preaching the new architectural order in the shadow of Venetian Renaissance buildings clearly was fun for spectators and performers alike." (Reference: Annette Melville, Research Libraries Group, Stanford, CA; Library Journal, 1987.); book is tight; with just few tiny nicks at the top of the spine of the illustrated wrappers, some kind of mechical mark on first title page, and there are a few small dents in the last pages of the Bibliograph's text in rear of book; otherwise in VERY GOOD COND. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 4958