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Mario Merz
texts by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Dieter Schwarz,Luciano Pistoi, Carla Lonzi, Germano Celant, Michael Sonnabend, Wieland Schmied, Achille Bonito Oliva, Mario Diacono, Zdenek Felix, Marlis Grüterich, Denys Zacharopoulos, Harald Szeemann, Rudi Fuchs, Bruno Corà, Danilo Eccher, Daniel Soutif, Marcella Beccaria
The monograph reproduces the photographic documentation
pages: 244
format: 23 x 27 cm
date of publication: November 2006
illustrations: 166 col and b/w
binding: hardback
two editions: Italian and English
eng ed. isbn 99788877571845
it. ed. isbn 9788877572134
€50,00
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The monograph reproduces the photographic documentation of the solo exhibitions held in 2005 at the Fondazione Merz, Castello di Rivoli Contemporary Art Museum and GAM Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, representing the most important spaces dedicated to contemporary art in Torino. This monograph, the most completed published on the artist, contains the complete iconographic documentation of his artworks, representing an archival documentation and providing an uprecedented understanding of Merz' working process.
The volume includes a comprehensive artistic career history, bibliography and biographical chronology and which is the most updated and complete examination of the artist. The book is unriched by the inclusion of unpublished material showed for the first time at the Fondazione Merz. It documents Mario Merz selected artistic production, including paintings, sculpture, installations, drawings, neon and Fibonacci series works. Some critical essays complete the volume, providing a deep and high reflections on the artist and his significative role in contemporary art.
Mario Merz (1925-2003)
He was one of the leading exponents of Arte Povera. He was born in Milan in 1925. After moving to Turin, he began his studies in medicine, but these were soon interrupted by the war. He would draw, write poetry and was a militant member of the anti-fascist group Giustizia e Libertà; in fact he was even arrested for his political activities. Then he travelled to Paris and, in 1950, he started painting. He joined the Arte Povera group in 1968 during an exhibition in the Galleria De’ Foscherare of Rome. His early works made him become acquainted with Pinot Gallizio, the creator of the Bauhaus Immaginista, a sister movement of French Situationism. As early as 1965, he started using unconventional materials such as osier, either as single branches or grouped together in bundles, in a hard and ironic bout between the industrial culture of American Pop and the craftsmanship of Arte Povera, or the neon light which under the influence of Fontana and perhaps Flavin’s luminous minimalism turned into one of his most interesting means of expression. Works by Mario Merz have been shown in permanent collections of the most important and prestigious museums all over the world: from Guggenheim in New York to the MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) in Los Angeles, from Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam to Nationalgalerie in Berlin, from Israel Museum in Jerusalem to the Centre Pompidou in Paris. On November 2003 Mario Merz received the prestigious Praemium Imperiale for Sculpture from the Japan Art Association in Tokyo.
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Arte povera. Italian LandscapeFlap →
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Mario Merz Prize. Third EditionFlap →
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Petrit Halilaj. ShkrepëtimaFlap →
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Petrit Halilaj. ShkrepëtimaFlap →
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Mario Merz. SitinFlap →
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Fatma Bucak. So as to find the strength to seeFlap →
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Carlos Garaicoa. El Palacio de las Tres HistoriasFlap →
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Massimo Bartolini. Four OrgansFlap →
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Marzia Migliora. VelmeFlap →
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Mario Merz Prize. Second EditionFlap →
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Wael Shawky. Al Araba Al MadfunaFlap →
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Wael Shawky. Al Araba Al MadfunaFlap →
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Mario Merz. La natura è l'equilibrioFlap →
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Botto&Bruno. Society, you’re a crazy breedFlap →
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Christian Boltanski. DOPOFlap →
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Alfredo Jaar. Abbiamo amato tanto la rivoluzioneFlap →
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Simon Starling. The inaccessible poemFlap →
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Kara Walker. A negress of noteworthy talentFlap →
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Mario Merz. Corteo della pittura/Pageantry of paintingFlap →
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De Serio. No fire zoneFlap →
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Ottonella Mocellin and Nicola Pellegrini. Messico famigliare (Domestic Mexico)Flap →
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Wolfgang LaibFlap →
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Matthew Barney. Mitologie contemporaneeFlap →
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Sol LewittFlap →
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Mario Merz. DisegniFlap →
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Lo spazio dell’uomoFlap →
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Candida Höfer. Bologna seriesFlap →
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INBETWEENESSFlap →
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Elisa SighicelliFlap →
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Mario Merz. DisegniFlap →
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Botto & Bruno. Waiting for the early busFlap →
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Giovanni AnselmoFlap →
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Marzia Migliora. TANATOSI (Thanathosis)Flap →
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Sabrina Mezzaqui. C'è un tempoFlap →
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Tony CraggFlap →
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Renata RampazziFlap →
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S.N.O.W. Sculpture in Non-Objective WayFlap →
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Luisa RabbiaFlap →
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Gilberto ZorioFlap →
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Gilberto Zorio. phosforosFlap →
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fondazione merz 2002 2005Flap →
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disegnare il marmo (drawing marble)Flap →
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Filippo Scroppo. Un artista tra pittura e criticaFlap →
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Marisa MerzFlap →
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NON TOCCARE LA DONNA BIANCAFlap →
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Mario Merz. Domenico BianchiFlap →
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Piero Martina. Percorsi di pittura dagli anni trenta agli anni settantaFlap →
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Sol Lewitt Mimmo PaladinoFlap →
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Pier Paolo Calzolari. GiornataFlap →
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Gino Gorza 1923-2001Flap →
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Mario Merz. Die katze, die durch den garten geht, ist mein arzt |The cat that walks through the garden is my doctorFlap →
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Arnulf Rainer. Retrospettiva 1948-2000Flap →
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Mario Merz. Il gatto che attraversa il giardino è il mio dottore | Le chat qui traverse le jardin est mon docteurFlap →
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