Il Corso del Coltello. The Course of the Knife. Claes Oldenburg - Coosje van Bruggen - Frank O Gehry.

Oldenburg, Claes / Coosje van Bruggen / Frank O. Gehry- Germano Celant [Herausgeber / Editor]

ISBN 10: 084780822X / ISBN 13: 9780847808229

Published by Milano / New York. Edizioni Electa SpA / Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1986

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1. Auflage. 29 x 22 cm. 239 S., 1 Blatt. OPappband mit OUmschlag und transparentem OSchutzumschlag. Der transparente Schutzumschlag am Rücken nachgedunkelt, sonst gutes Exemplar. Texte in Englisch. Mit Texten von Germano Celant, Coosje van Bruggen, Claes Oldenburg und Frank O Gehry. Durchgehend mit Abbildungen versehen, teilweise in Farbe.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Il Corso del Coltello. The Course of the Knife. Claes Oldenburg - Coosje van Bruggen - Frank O Gehry.
• Publisher: Milano / New York. Edizioni Electa SpA / Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 084780822X
• ISBN 13: 9780847808229
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Book by Celant, Germano

Reviews

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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