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Arte programmata e cinetica in Italia. 1959-69
This catalogue was published to coincide with the exhibition Arte programmatica e cinetica in Italia. 1958-1968, curated by Marco Meneguzzo. Hosted at the Galleria Niccoli in Parma, the show will then move to the MAN, Museo d’arte Nuoro, from May to June. The book offers a vast selection of photographic works in high quality reproductions of the leading names of those decades including Bruno Munari, Enzo Mari, Giovanni Anceschi, Davide Boriani, Gianni Colombo, Gabriele De Vecchi, Grazia Varisco, Alberto Biasi, Ennio Chiggio, Toni Costa, Gabriele Landi, Manfredo Massironi, Antonio Barrese, Alfonso Grassi, Gianfranco Laminarca, and Alberto Marangoni. Critical essays in both English and Italian by Marco Meneguzzo ( From kinetic to programmed art: an Italian tale), and Anty Pansera ( Chant and counterchant programmed art and industrial design from the work of the everyday object. From multiples to serials).
Arte programmata e cinetica in Italia. 1959-69, Galleria d’Arte Niccoli (Via B. Longhi, 6, Parma,
www.gallerianiccoli.it), 2000, 277 pages, 21 x 25,5 cm.
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8/8
Contained in this small square presentation box are eight slim catalogues dedicated to each of the artists who took part in the exhibition 8 artisti, 8 critici, 8 stanze. Held at the Villa delle Rose exhibition space in Bologna, the show, curated by Dede Auregli and Peter Weiermair, invited eight young critics to choose works by eight young artists active in Emilia Romagna. Each catalogue contains an introductory text by the critic, photographic reproductions of the artist’s work, and a brief biography. The artists considered are Davide Bertocchi, Piero Cattani, Andrea Chiesi, Flavio Favelli, Stefania Galegati, Luca Piovaccari, Stefano Scheda, and Italo Zuffi.
8/8, 8 artisti, 8 critici, 8 stanze, hopefulmonster (Via Santa Chiara, 30, Turin), 2000, 19 x 19 cm.
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Donald Judd. Couleur
This is the catalogue created for the solo show of work by American artist Donald Judd, held at the Sprengel Museum Hannover, the Kunsthaus Bregenz, and the Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain in Nice. Through a vast selection of high quality photographs, the artist’s sculptural work created between the early ’60s and late ’90s, are carefully documented. There are some interesting critical essays, which aim to analyze the use of color in Judd’s minimalist sculptures: Donald Judd et les possibilités infinies de la couleur by William C. Agee, Specific Objects – l’illusion du factuel by Martin Engler, and De certains aspects de la couleur en général, et du rouge et du noir en particulier written by Judd himself in 1993.
Donald Judd. Couleur, Hatje Cantz Publishers (Hatje Cantz Verlag, Senefelderstrasse, 12, Ostfildern,
www.hatjecantz.de), 2000, 132 pages, 23 x 23 cm.
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Chen Zhen
This catalogue was published to coincide with the first Italian solo show dedicated to Chinese artist Chen Zhen, who passed away last December, held at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Turin. The site-specific work created in Turin and documented in this catalogue edited by Alessandra Pace, is linked to the theme In Praise of Black Magic, as indicated by the title. There are numerous color photos in which the works of Chen Zhen are reproduced. The catalogue also contains two interviews A conversation about the praise of Black Magic with Giovanni Maria Pace and Alessandra Pace, and A conversation between Daniel Buren and Chen Zhen. The texts in the catalogue are in Italian, English, and French.
Chen Zhen, hopefulmonster (Via Santa Chiara 30, Turin), 2000, 141 pages, 21 x 27,5 cm.
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Rosemarie Trockel. Dessins
This catalogue was produced to accompany an exhibition of German artist Rosemary Trockel’s drawings at the Galerie d’art Graphique at the Centre George Pompidou in Paris. The artist’s graphic works, from the Eighties to date, are elegantly collected together in this book and reveal the strength of themes in Trockel’s artistic research such as metamorphosis, change, and the mid life crisis. There are texts in French by Jonas Storsve and Dieter Koepplin.
Rosemarie Trockel. Dessins, Cabinet d’Art Graphique, Éditions du Centre Pompidou (Rue Beaubourg, Paris,
www.centrepompidou.fr), 2000, 96 pages, 20 x 23,5 cm.
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