Germano Celant
A fundamental instrument to extend and deepen our knowledge of a unique sculptor and to fit his works into the context of the artistic research of the twentieth century
Specifications Size 91/2 x 11 in. (24 x 28 cm) Dual-language edition (English-Italian) 440 pages, 50 colour and 450 b/w illustrations hardcover ISBN 978-88-572-0814-5 £ 70.00, $ 115.00, Can. $ 115.00
Backlist Modern and Contemporary Art
Eliseo Mattiacci
protagonist of contemporary art ever since he was a boy, sculptor Eliseo Mattiacci, born in 1940, has been attracted by metals and by the spectacular process of welding, which prompted him to create plastic elements among his first works that seem to float in space like open and changing star systems. This monograph considers Mattiacci’s historic adventure starting from the 1960s, when he was close to the international language of Arte Povera and the minimalism of Jannis Kounellis and Eva Hesse, through to the sculptures of the 1980s that were so light and sensitive that they could fit into any context, interacting with the surrounding space. In the book Mattiacci’s artistic path is interwoven with episodes in his life and the historical events of his time: the supporting structure of the volume consists of an illustrated chronology offering readers numerous testimonies of the age, including photographs, texts, invitations, books and poetic declarations.
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• A sort of catalogue raisonné that presents around 400 works arranged in chronological order.
• The artist’s works are accompanied by some 200 images of documents, photographs, magazine articles, invitations, catalogues as well as works by his contemporaries, a broad historical documentation of the period and a timeline of the historic, political, artistic and cultural events that shaped the artist’s world. Germano Celant has been Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim Museum, New York from 1989 to 2008. Among his books: Lucio Fontana Ambienti Spaziali (Skira, 2012) Anselm Kiefer: Salt of the Earth (Skira, 2011); Louise Bourgeois: The Fabric Works (Skira, 2010); Piero Manzoni (Skira, 2009). 49