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"For fifty years I've been practicing different kinds of writing:
scripture: a theoretical one for essays, one for the production of
books and catalogues, and one focused on the exhibitions. The story
of (my) exhibitions aims to draw attention to this last kind of
writing". - Germano Celant This book, which Germano Celant (Genoa,
1940 - Milan, 2020) had been working on for years, is published
posthumously and represents the professional and spiritual
testament of this well known and internationally respected curator.
It tells the story of the exhibitions that characterised Celant's
work presenting, in chronological order, a selection of 34
exhibitions: from Arte povera - Im-spazio, Genoa, 1967, to Post
Zang Tumb Tuuum: Art Life Politics - Italia 1918-1943, Milan, 2018,
passing through Identite italienne - L'art en Italie depuis 1959,
Paris, 1981; Futuro Presente Passato, 47 - Venice International Art
Exhibition, 1997; When Attitudes Become Form - Bern 1969/Venice,
2013; and Arts & Foods. Rituals since 1851 - Milan, 2015. The
books retraces the exhibitions through over 400 pictures of the
actual displays and the critical texts that were published in the
respective catalogues. Thus emerges the evolution in Celant's
curatorial practice, from personal interpretation to his focus on
historical documents, with an eye always turned towards
non-traditional media (book, record, photography) and towards the
encroachments between different languages (art, architecture,
design). Text in English and Italian.
Vertigo seeks to document the surge of multimedia art driven by the
advent of new technologies, including works produced by great names
in art such as Balla, Warhol, Beuys, Anselm Kiefer, Nam June Paik,
and Laurie Anderson.
A groundbreaking work, edited by Germano Celant in collaboration
with the artist and her New York studio, which enriches our
knowledge of Louise Bourgeois. Over a long career she worked
through most of the twentieth century's avant-garde artistic
movements from abstraction to realism, yet always remained uniquely
individual, powerfully inventive, and often at the forefront of
contemporary art. She was one of the world's most respected
sculptors, best known for her public-space pieces, grand-scale
sculptures of spiders so large they must rest outside. But
beginning in the 1960s, she used her own clothing and that of her
loved ones as components of her sculptures and designs: a
reincarnation of her childhood and her past. Her art would expand
into new realms in 2002 when she began to weave together scraps of
iridescent-colored fabric, creating works that vary from figures of
flowers to chromatic abstractions, constituting a repertoire of
truly surprising interweaves. This set of images is collected here
in its entirety for the first time, constituting the closest thing
yet to a general catalog.
In spring 2009, Dumbarton Oaks inaugurated an occasional series
of contemporary art installations intended to provide unexpected
experiences and fresh interpretations of its gardens and
collections. The first artist selected was the American sculptor
Charles Simonds, who is well known for clay sculptures that
document the wanderings of a fantastical civilization of Little
People whose landscapes, architectures, and rituals have been
imagined by the artist since the early 1970s. The outcome was a
project that spanned the whole institution. A wide range of his
current sculptures--some architectural, some figural, and some
evocative of landscape, most preexisting but one made especially
for the exhibition--was installed between May and October 2009 in
various spaces at Dumbarton Oaks.
"Landscape Body Dwelling" documents and reflects on the
installation. Essays by Ann Reynolds and Germano Celant situate it
within the broader context of Simond's artistic career, while
essays by John Beardsley and Joanne Pillsbury detail the often
surprising connections between the exhibited works, the garden
elements, and the permanent collections at Dumbarton Oaks. Richly
illustrated with photographs of the installation, this volume
demonstrates how contemporary culture connects us with the past,
reinvigorating historical tropes while enlivening the institutions
that continue to speak them.
This catalogue documents the first exhibition in the Middle East by
KAWS (Brian Donnelly, born 1974, USA). The solo show explores his
career and vast oeuvre and features paintings and sculptures made
over the past 20 years. KAWS' imagery has long possessed a
sophisticated, dark humour, revealing the interplay between art and
consumerism, referencing both art history and pop culture. Donnelly
began his career in street art in the 1990s, becoming synonymous
with the name KAWS, a tag that became a staple in his
'sub-vertisments' (modifications of commercial works). In addition
to more than 40 major pieces exhibited in the Garage Gallery,
examples of commercial collaborations designed by KAWS, among them
sneakers, skateboards, and toys are on view in a separate archive
above Cafe 999. A massive 5-meter-tall sculpture, COMPANION
(PASSING THROUGH) (2013), in the Fire Station courtyard and an
inflatable 40-metre public artwork at the Dhow Harbour, HOLIDAY
(2019), also serve to highlight the exhibition.
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KAWS (Hardcover)
M onica Ram irez-Montagut; Contributions by Germano Celant
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A vibrant look at the celebrated artist and designer KAWS. This
comprehensive monograph explores KAWS's art career in depth, from
his early street art interventions to his recent send-ups of
familiar cultural icons. With wit, irreverence, and even affection,
KAWS takes infamous entertainment characters such as the Simpsons
and the Smurfs and traps them in plastic blister packages while
reinterpreting their appearance. The packaged "Kimpsons" and
"Kurfs" are new types of hybrid artworks that both serve and
criticize contemporary consumer culture. Also featured is KAWS's
astute and prolific body of commercial work, including apparel from
his Japanese store OriginalFake, a partnership with Medicom Toy, as
well as product design, limited-edition toys, graphic designs;
collaborations with architect Masamichi Katayama and artists Hajime
Sorayama, Todd James, and Mark Dean Veca; collaborations with
companies including Comme des Garcons, Levis, Lucas Films, The
Simpsons, Nike, Supreme, and Marc Jacobs; and Japanese companies
such as A Bathing Ape, Undercover, and Visvim.
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Destefashioncollection: Atlas (Hardcover)
M/M (Paris); Contributions by Germano Celant, Dennis Freedman, Dakis Joannou, Mark Wasiuta
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Deste 33 Years: 1983-2015 (Hardcover)
Karen Marta, Nell McClister, Eleni Michaelidi; Text written by Germano Celant, Dakis Joannou
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The definitive book on a creative force who continues to influence
sculpture and installation art.
Jessica Stockholder has long broken
down the boundaries between painting, sculpture, and architecture
to explore the body in social and cultural space - using found
objects intertwined with profusions of vivid colours. This revised,
updated edition spotlights the extraordinary evolution of her
career, and examines the pivotal role she has played in shaping
some of the most fundamental ideas around which contemporary
sculpture and painting revolve today.
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Emilio Vedova (Hardcover)
Emilio Vedova; Edited by Germano Celant; Text written by Germano Celant
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On the centenary of his birth, this volume traces the entire work
of Mimmo Rotella, a major Italian Pop Artist on the international
scene of the twentieth century. Published to coincide with an
exhibition at GNAM, Rome, 30 October 2018 - 10 February 10th 2019.
Rich in critical contributions and a vast iconographic apparatus,
the book traces every stage of Mimmo Rotella's career: from the
first abstract works to the informal experiences of the 50s, from
the relationship with Pierre Restany's Nouveau Réalisme to the
tangencies with Pop Art and his relationship with America.
Extensive detail is dedicated to his most famous research, the one
revolving around the décollages and the back of posters, but also
to Rotella's relationship with cities such as New York, Rome, Paris
and Milan, with the critics and his contemporaries. This book is
published on the occasion of Mimmo Rotella's centenary, and
coincides with the largest ever exhibition dedicated to the artist
(Rome, GNAM, 30 October 2018 - 10 February 2019). Texts by: Clare
Bell, Tobia Bezzola, Paola Bonani, Ester Coen, Vincenzo De Bellis,
Veronica Locatelli, Lola Lorant, Elizabeth Mangini, Gianfranco
Maraniello, Massimo Mininni, Luca Pietro Nicoletti, Massimo Romeri,
Paul-Louis Roubert, Francesca Pola, Marta Sironi, Antonella
Soldaini, Chiara Spangaro, Francesco Tedeschi, Giulia Tulino &
Riccardo Venturi.
In 1972, Giulio Paolini held an exhibition in New York. Art
historian, curator, and critic Germano Celant, who coined the term
'Arte Povera' in 1967, was asked to edit the exhibition catalogue.
What followed was an ample monograph that covered the course of
Paolini's career - his concepts, themes, contexts and influences.
This was an unprecedented move, as, until that time, most galleries
produced simple brochures. This monograph was one of the first
in-depth and scholarly studies of a contemporary artist, and as
such, paved the way for future monographs. Text in English and
Italian.
Curator Germano Celant presents the largest exhibition in Europe of
works by American artist, Richard Artschwager (1923-2013),
commencing Italy, then in Spain. Turning to the understanding of
space, everyday objects and perception, the poetics of Artschwager
has established itself as a unicum in the art of the 20th century.
His works deal with the representation of utilitarian instruments
reproduced with industrial materials such as formica, celotex,
acrylic painting, aluminum. To these fundamental aspects is added
the attention to pure geometric form and pictorial illusionism,
resulting in paintings and sculptures that suspend the categories
of the image and objects in a limbo between the space they
physically occupy, the usefulness they refer to and their artistic
representation. Text in English and Italian.
A detailed overview of the work of Marco Bagnoli, one of the most
representative artists on the Italian scene in the 1970s, in a
gorgeous monograph that presents his complete production arranged
in chronological order. A sort of catalogue raisonne, this volume
presents 350 reproductions of installations that utilize various
techniques: drawing, painting, print and sculpture.
Considering the activity of the numerous foundations that
contributed in spreading new expressive languages, today appears to
be a fundamental operation in view of an interpretative widening of
art history. Starting from this consideration, this publication -
in two volumes - traces the path of the Murray and Isabella Rayburn
Foundation, established in New York in 1982 with the aim of
promoting Italian art in the United States.
Arman was a US-naturalised French painter. This book covers the
first twenty years of Arman's artistic production, from the
Accumulations of industrial objects and series products to the
Poubelles, documenting consumer society's waste; from the famous
Coleres, Coupes and Combustions, which through different processes
dematerialise objects depriving them of their functionality, to
paintings, to actions and monumental works adhering to the 'poetic
of things'.
Giovanni Gastel, by Germano Celant, presents the creative path of
the Milanese photographer through the intertwining of his
professional and biographical events, by making reference to the
international fashion scene as well its complex communication
system. The 'imaginary' journey that Gastel has developed through
publication in magazines - from Vogue Italia to Harper's Bazaar -
advertisement campaigns - from Dior to Guerlain - and exhibitions -
from Gastel per Donna to Maschere e Spettri - is displayed through
the reconstruction of forty years of experimental and commissioned
work, in which 'serial' ensembles and individual products highlight
the features of his storytelling, his unique use of light and his
comparisons between people and objects. The goal is to document his
operating method, based on the analysis and presentation of a
subject in series: still life, portrait, fashion shot and personal
research.
Visual artist, choreographer, writer and director, Jan Fabre has
been one of the most influential figures on the European scene for
over twenty years. His provocative forays into all different art
forms are aimed at breaking down the artistic and moral barriers of
his times. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of Fabre's
works at the MAXXI in Rome, the monograph brings together, for the
first time, the action art and performances of the Belgian artist
from the 70s to the present: drawings, "thinking models", collages,
films, photos and other documentation that lay the groundwork for a
rediscovery of dozens of Fabre's performances and interventions,
both public and private, held in Belgium and abroad. The extreme,
even brazen exploration of the human body, which frequently
scandalizes viewers, is linked to the idea of metamorphosis, which
Fabre may have derived from that passion for the sciences he
inherited from his great-grandfather, the esteemed entomologist
Jean-Henri Fabre. Jan Fabre has devoted much of his career to
studying the human body and its transfiguration, central themes in
his work; the artist considers performance art a "per-for-a(c)tion"
of the body with respect to the outer world: a way to explore its
limits, actions and reactions, both inside and out.
An exceptional selection of Lichtenstein's sculptures from 1968 to
the end of the artist's life, from early ceramic sculptures to
large-scale public works. The planned exhibition at the Fondazione
Vedova in Venice (Biennale Arte 2013) will encompass Roy
Lichtenstein's sculptural production throughout his career, from
the early 1960s through the late 1990s, covering the influential
artist's sculptural oeuvre in ceramic, bronze, wood, porcelain,
steel, and aluminum, as well as drawings, collages, and maquettes
that describe the artist's working processes. This catalog--a major
chronology of Lichtenstein's sculptures--not only documents the
process of the artist, from sketches and drawings to collages,
maquettes, metal sculptures, and large-scale interventions in urban
contexts, it also approaches Lichtenstein's work from the
perspective of fabrication methods and industrial techniques.
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