Zero to Infinity : Arte Povera 1962 - 1972. Published on the occasion of the exhibition 2001 - 2003 organized by the Walker Art Center and Tate Modern.Edited by Karen Jacobson.

Corinna Criticos; Judith Kirshner; Robert Lumley; Karen Pinkus; Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev; Francesco Bonami

ISBN 10: 093564069X / ISBN 13: 9780935640694

Published by Cantz, 2001., 2001

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366 pages with many illustrations. Presents works by Giovanni Anselmo,Luciano Fabre,Jannis Kounellis,Mario und Marisa Merz,Pino Pascali,Emilio Prini and others.Good copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1250.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Zero to Infinity : Arte Povera 1962 - 1972. Published on the occasion of the exhibition 2001 - 2003 organized by the Walker Art Center and Tate Modern.Edited by Karen Jacobson.
• Publisher: Cantz, 2001.
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 093564069X
• ISBN 13: 9780935640694
• Binding: Gr.-8° cased binding.
• Weight: 1250 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera, 1962-1972 focuses on one of the most innovative and influential art movements of the postwar era. Arte Povera came of age in the context of the ''Italian miracle'' economic boom and the subsequent student and workers revolts of 1968, motivated by an urge to revolt not only against the primacy of painting in the postwar period, but also against the emerging consumer culture. This exhibition and its accompanying catalogue provide a highly comprehensive retrospective of the Arte Povera movement as a historical and aesthetic phenomenon that crossed a wide range of disciplines, including sculpture, installation, drawing, photography, film and performance. The exhibition traces Arte Povera's genesis within the artistic and political context of Italy to its positioning within the broader international context of postwar artistic practices, a moment marked by the participation of the Arte Povera group in the 1972 Documenta V exhibition in Kassel. This essential new catalogue is designed by the Walker Art Center's award-winning design department, and includes a wide range of essays by international scholars and curators, as well as rare historical documentation, in an unprecedented re-examination of the Arte Povera movement.

Reviews

Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), who had dreamed of being an ornithological illustrator while studying at the Boston Museum, where he later became a teacher and director, had a full, award-filled career as a portraitist and painter of plein-air canvases. However, at midlife he chose to change direction and combine his life as an artist with his other passions: wildlife and sporting. Bedford, Benson's biographer (Frank W. Benson: An American Impressionist. o.p.) and guest curator of the retrospective of Benson's work that resulted in Frank W. Benson: New England Impressionist (Peabody Essex Museum, 2000), focuses here on this later period of his work. She draws on family memories and photos, diaries, and letters to acquaint us with an artist of international renown, presenting a devoted family man, keen observer, and consummate sportsman. Benson's etching, lithography, watercolor, and oil illuminate his world through images of geese in flight, hunters and dogs, a lone fisherman, and misty lakes and landscapes. Bedford also includes a chronology of the artist. These two lushly illustrated works make good companions, showing the great talent of American impressionists from a similar period and style. Bedford's is recommended for extensive collections of American art; Larkin's unique study is recommended for all collections. Joseph Hewgley, Nashville P.L.
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