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The Great Subtraction
Introduction and text by Gabriele Guercio.
Since at least the 1960s, Italian artists have resisted creating art that expresses a national identity, making “Italian art” elusive to define. This quality of “subtraction” is examined here in the work of Giovanni Anselmo, Elisabetta Benassi, Gino De Dominicis, Francesco Matarrese, Marisa Merz, Luigi Ontani, Cesare Pietroiusti, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Emilio Prini.
Featured image, Giovanni Anselmo's engraving on lead and floor, "Tutto (All)" (1971–73), installed in 1985 at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, is reproduced from The Great Subtraction.
FORMAT: Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 112 pgs / 24 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $32.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $40 ISBN: 9789461170163 PUBLISHER: ASA Publishers AVAILABLE: 11/30/2012 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: *not available
Published by ASA Publishers. Introduction and text by Gabriele Guercio.
Since at least the 1960s, Italian artists have resisted creating art that expresses a national identity, making “Italian art” elusive to define. This quality of “subtraction” is examined here in the work of Giovanni Anselmo, Elisabetta Benassi, Gino De Dominicis, Francesco Matarrese, Marisa Merz, Luigi Ontani, Cesare Pietroiusti, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Emilio Prini.