Entrare nell'opera : processes and performative attitudes in Arte Povera / edited by Nike Bätzner, Maddalena Disch, Christiane Meyer-Stoll and Valentina Pero.
Artists: Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Luciano Fabro, Jannis Kounellis, Eliseo Mattiacci, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz, Giulio Paolini, Pino Pascali, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Emilio Prini, Gilberto Zorio. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Gilberto Zorio / Francesco Guzzetti -- Foreword: Musée d'art monderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole / Aurélie Voltz, Alexandre Quoi -- Entrare nell'opera: Arte Povera and Azioni Povere, 1959-79 / Nike Bätzner, Maddalena Disch, Christiane Meyer-Stoll and Valentina Pero -- Essays -- Azioni Povere: a pictorial essay -- Sculptural performance - performative scripture / Nike Bätzner -- Measure and autobiography in Arte Povera / Lare Conte -- Artists -- Process as vitality: Giovanni Anselmo's situations of energy / Maddalena Disch -- Alighiero e Boetti: active interaction / Nike Bätzner -- 'When the dreamer dies, what happens to the dream?' On the actions and action-like works of Pier Paolo Calzolari / Christiane Meyer-Stoll -- Luciano Fabro: action as the 'construction of consciousness with things' / Maddalena Disch -- Jannis Kounellis: action as vibrant, fulfilled duration / Nike Bätzner -- Processes and actions in Eliseo Mattiacci's research / Lara Conte -- The concept of 'action' in the work of Mario Merz / Maddalena Disch -- Marisa Merz: actions, interactions and performative sculpture / Teresa Kittler -- The author, the work and the viewer: the 'performative' dimension in Giulio Paolini's work / Maddalena Disch -- Pino Pascali: wild games and wild ideas / Nike Bätzner -- Giuseppe Penone's actions: towards a definition / Daniela Lancioni -- Michelangelo Pistoletto and creative collaboration / Marco Farano -- Life as performance: action and process in Emilio Prini's work / Pasquale Fameli -- When attitudes become action: Gilberto Zorio / Francesco Guzzetti -- Contemporary witnesses -- Ettore Sottsass Jr and Clino Trini Castelli: catalyst and junior catalyst - Clino Trini Castelli in conversation with Valentina Pero, Milan, winter 2018-19 / Clino Trini Castelli, Valentina Pero -- Piper Pluriclub, Turin, 1966-69 / Francesco Guzzetti -- It was a job that had to be done. Failing that, the art of those years would have been lost - George Colombo in conversation with Christiane Meyer-Stoll and Valentina Pero, Milan, March 2019 / George Colombo, Christiane Meyer-Stoll, Valentina Pero-- Franco Toselli and the art scene in Milan / Francesco Guzzetti -- Marinella Pirelli, Indumenti, 1966-67 / Iolanda Ratti -- Aktionsraum 1, Munich, 1969-70 / Christiane Meyer-Stoll -- Letter from Alighiero Boetti to Eva Madelung, Aktionsraum 1, Munich - c. December 1969 -- The stage is theatre - extracts from an interview with Jannis Kounellis by Nike Bätzner, Berlin, 25 August 1990 / Jannis Kounellis, Nike Bätzner -- The living theatre / Nike Bätzner -- Jerzy Grotowski's 'poor theatre' / Nike Bätzner -- Creative Collaboration - an excerpt from a conversation between Michelangelo Pistoletto and Nike Bätzner, Berlin, 2 June 2018 / Michelangelo Pistoletto, Nike Bätzner -- Arte povera più azioni povere, Amalfi, 1968 / Francesco Guzzetti -- I do not care to be remembered in the future - Grazia Austoni and Timotea Austoni Prini in conversation with Christiane Meyer-Stoll and Valentina Pero, Chiavari, 5 February 2019 / Grazia Austoni, Timotea Austoni Prini, Christiane Meyer-Stoll, and Valentina Pero -- Everything became alive, everything took shape - a conversation between Tucci and Lisa Russo, Nike Bätzner, Christiane Meyer-Stoll and Valentia Pero, Turin, 27 February 2017 / Tucci Russo, Lisa Russo, Nike Bätzner, Christiane Meyer-Stoll and Valentina Pero -- Galleria Sperone and other venues in Turin / Francesco Guzzetti -- The space suggests the idea to the artists: L'Attico Gallery - a conversation between Fabio Sargentini, Nike Bätzner, Christiane Meyer-Stoll and Valentina Pero, Rome, 21 November 2018 / Fabio Sargentini, Nike Bätzner, Christiane Meyer-Stoll and Valentina Pero -- L'Attico and other galleries in Rome / Francesco Guzzetti -- Rome: incontri internazionali d'arte and contemporanea / Francesco Guzzetti -- An artwork on the front page! - Folker Skulima in conversation with Nike Bätzner, Berline 31 January 2019 / Folker Skulima, Nike Bätzner -- Beuys in Italy / Petra Richter -- Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum / Christiane Meyer-Stoll -- Between different thinking and neo-avant garde approaches: creative practices of Italian women artists in the 1970s / Elena Zanichelli -- Actions -- Actions / Nike Bätzner -- Giovanni Anselmo / Maddalena Disch -- Alighiero Boetti / Nike Bätzner -- Pier Paolo Calzolari / Christiane Meyer-Stoll -- Luciano Fabro / Maddalena Disch -- Jannis Kounellis / Nike Bätzner -- Eliseo Mattiacci / Lara Conte -- Mario Merz / Maddalena Disch -- Marisa Merz / Teresa Kittler -- Giulio Paolini / Maddalena Disch -- Pino Pascali / Nike Bätzner -- Giuseppe Penone / Daniela Lancioni -- Michelangelo Pistoletto / Marco Farano -- Emilio Prini / Valentina Pero -- Gilberto Zorio / Francesco Guzzetti -- Colophon. Acknoledgements -- Colophon.
Summary:
"It is impossible to imagine Arte Povera without Azioni Povere. From 1959 to 1979, the work of the artists associated with this movement was largely defined by actions. This richly illustrated publication examines Azioni Povere and its characteristics. For the first time it provides annotated catalogues raisonnés of the diverse actions. Furthermore, comprehensive photographic documentary material illustrates the virulence and vibrancy of this period in Italy. A picture essay serves as the prelude, followed by introductory essays and texts on the respective characteristics of the artistic praxis. Discussions with contemporary witnesses and entries on important keywords, incidents, and places, such as Aktionsraum 1 in Munich, the Piper Pluriclub in Turin, and Galerie L'Attico in Rome, complement the wide-ranging material, which was sourced from the archives of the artists, from artist estates, photographers, gallerists, and collectors"--Publisher's website.
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