Pietro Roccasalva (English/French)

Edited by Alessandro Rabottini. Texts by Edoardo Gnemmi, Alessandro Rabottini, Barry Schwabsky

ISBN 10: 3905770970 / ISBN 13: 9783905770971

Published by JRP | Ringier, 2008

About this Item

Z : 20,5 x 29 cm, Hardcover, 64 pages, 45 color & 5 b/w illustrations - Pietro Roccasalva (born 1970 in Modica, lives and works in Milan) is one of the most singular and promising Italian artists in the post-Cattelan generation in Italy. His work is a visionary and erudite mix of conceptual rigour and hallucinatory extravaganza: starting from painting as his main medium of expression and ranging from sculpture to installation, from "tableaux vivants" to drawing and film, Roccasalva's creative world is an unceasing investigation into the meaning of images and how we relate to them. His iconic obsessions are always set in complex installations in which the different elements act like characters on a stage, performing an erratic script that probes a wide range of historical references, from art history to philosophy, music, and literature.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1592836186582

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pietro Roccasalva (English/French)
• Publisher: JRP | Ringier
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3905770970
• ISBN 13: 9783905770971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Contemporary art
  • Installations
  • Sculpture

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Synopsis

This first monograph introduces one of the most promising Italian artists of the post-Cattelan generation. Roccasalva mixes conceptual rigor with hallucinatory extravaganza--always ending in a complex installation where the different elements act like characters performing an erratic script that probes art historical, philosophical, musical and literary references.