Catalog of an exhibition held at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy, February 11-June 2, 2020. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Happening = Happenings / texts by Jim Dine. The house, The smiling workman ; Jim Dine ; Vaudeville collage ; Car crash ; A shining bed ; Natural history (The dreams) -- Saggi = Essays. "New uses of the human image": gli happening di Jim Dine = "New uses of the human image:" Jim Dine's happenings / Francesco Guzzetti -- "Words are part of my bag of tricks, they're objects to me" / Annalisa Rimmaudo -- Jim Dine: l'invenzione degli oggetti = Jim Dine: inventing objects / Claudio Zambianchi -- Sulla mostra di Jim Dine al Palazzo delle Esposizioni di Roma = On the Jim Dine exhibition at Rome's Palazzo delle Esposizioni / Daniela Lancioni -- Opere = Works -- Reading = Readings -- Jim Dine. Biografia = Biography / Paola Bonani -- Elenco delle fotografie degli happening in mostra e della documentazione = List of exhibited photographs of the happenings and documentation -- Elenco delle opere in mostra = List of exhibited works -- Apparati = Appendix / edited by Paola Bonani.
Summary:
This comprehensive monograph on American pop artist Jim Dine (1935) appears in conjunction with an exhibition of his work in Rome. Spanning over six decades of activity, it offers a close reading of Dine's complex artistic biography and oeuvre. Many of these works are considered precursors to some of the most interesting art being produced today. The happenings, in particular, which Dine and his friends initiated in 1960 and are covered in great detail, were essential to the success of contemporary performance art. Besides reproductions of large-scale paintings, fetish objects, and minimalist sculptures, the book includes texts by the artist and in-depth critical analyses. Exhibition: Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy (15.02-02.06.2020).
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