In 1967 critic germano celant defined the work of young italian artists as arte povera. Germano celants most popular book is louise bourgeois the fabric works. A groundbreaking work, edited by germano celant in. The first american edition of this groundbreaking survey, which did much to spread ideas about arte povera, land art, earthworks, and environmental art. Penned by the critic and curator germano celant to accompany an exhibition at nigel greenwood gallery in london, it was the first critical consideration of the artists.
Additionally, he is the author of more than one hundred publications and has curated numerous exhibitions for prominent museums and institutions worldwide. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library children s library. Arte povera was among the most important aggregations not just in italian art of the 1960s, but in all avant garde art from that period. The book reproduces all the works in the exhibition, including drawings, sketches, environments, sculptures, and paintings. Today it would be impossible to have 11 horses in a gallery, or to. Germano celant, renowned art historian and theoretician, is internationally acknowledged for his theories on arte povera. Germano celant attended the university of genoa, where he studied history of art with eugenio battisti.
Arte povera by germano celant goodreads share book. In this way, her works are at once installations, sculptures, collages and, finally, photographs. Germano celant has 173 books on goodreads with 2267 ratings. Discover delightful children s books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. Celant has organized hundreds of exhibitions in prominent international museums and institutions. Louise nevelson by germano celant abebooks passion for books. Germano celant was senior curator of contemporary art at the solomon r. Germano celant art historian, theoretician and curator. Germano celant, renowned art historian and theoretician, author and curator, is internationally acknowledged for his theories on arte povera. Ambookstore contemporary art books added it jun 08, 2010. A massive fullcareer retrospective for arte informale painter emilio vedova. Bookmarking book art an online annotation of germano celant s book as artwork 19601972 20171009 20191219 books on books where to go to compare and contrast the book art in germano celant s pioneering catalogue of the nigel greenwood gallery exhibition in london 1972 with that of the last half century. The increasingly scarce book, published in conjunction with the 1972 show at nigel greenwood, that forever changed the way that the art world and the market treated books by artists.
The ideas may be radical, but their realization, more often than not. Internationally known for his writings on arte povera, in 1987 he received the frank jewett mather award. One hundred years after his birth, emilio vedova examines the career of the italian painter emilio vedova 19192006, best known for. A definitive, 464page overview on the art of american iconoclast richard artschwager, who pursued a singular course between pop, minimalism, conceptualism and design. A multifaceted and dominant figure in the art world, celant is best known for his part in the creation of arte povera in. Art povera can be one of your basic books that are good idea. Germano celant born 1940 in genoa is an italian art historian, critic and curator who coined the term arte povera poor art in 1967 and wrote many articles and books on the subject. The book as artwork material, part of the nigel greenwood archive, includes the original correspondence between germano celant, nigel greenwood and lynda morris discussing the preparations for this seminal show and its publication, the original catalogue and its recent 6 decades reprint, and the issue of data no. When i did the arte povera book, it was everybodyamerican. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Kaws imagery has long possessed a sophisticated, dark humour, revealing the interplay between art and consumerism, referencing both art history and pop culture.
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Louise bourgeois the fabric works by germano celant. Explore books by germano celant with our selection at. Jersey citybased photographer and installation artist sandy skoglund born 1946 constructs sets featuring handmade sculptures and human characters, achieving the idea of a total work of art. Germano celant 0 followers books by germano celant. This article would forever link him to arte povera. Claes oldenburg, germano celant the course of the knife. This volume, featuring new scholarship by renowned art historian germano celant, traces the entire course of wheelers career to date, from his first mature paintings to his immersive installations. Book as artwork, 196072 20 september14 october 1972. Virginia dwan and dwan gallery germano celant, virginia dwan on. Bookmarking book art an online annotation of germano celants. Roughly translated as poor art, the term was coined by the critic germano celant to describe the radical use of common objects in the work of such artists as anselmo, boetti, calzolari, fabro, kounellis, metz, merz, paolini, pistoletto. Publication date 1973 topics sound recordings and the arts, communication in art. Individual artists book as artwork 19601972 2nd edition.
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