Ugo Nespolo

Nespolo’s artworks of the late 60s are conceivable as heritage of Dada. Objects and materials are combined in accordance with a specific logical direction also based on philosophical and literary suggestions. The simple materials are present also as a declaration of a Dadaist negation

Ugo Nespolo

Nespolo’s artworks of the late 60s are conceivable as heritage of Dada. Objects and materials are combined in accordance with a specific logical direction also based on philosophical and literary suggestions. The simple materials are present also as a declaration of a Dadaist negation

Body Art and Performance : The Body as Language

"The re-issue of Lea Vergine’s groundbreaking text on Body Art, with a new introduction.When it appeared in 1974, it was the first book to witness the birth and growth of one of the most singular and controversial artistic manifestations of our century, Body Art.A thoughtful insight on the “golden age” of the Body Art movement, the magic Seventies, and several writings by the artists themselves. Featuring a large documentation of films, happenings, actions, performances, the book analyses in clear, compelling terms, the evolution of this artistic phenomenon through the works of sixty artists, including Gina Pane, Gilbert & George, Ben Vautier, Richard Serra, Franco Vaccari…" -- Publisher's website

Nespolo e la filosofia. Avanguardia, cinema, immagini

Ugo Nespolo (1941) ha attraversato gli ultimi cinquant’anni sperimentando in quasi tutti i campi dell’arte ed esprimendo con ironia e atteggiamento ludico la propria poetica di confine, tra avanguardia e pop. Alla sua ricerca artistica – che spazia dalle installazioni oggettuali ai dipinti, dalle performance alle sculture, dalla produzione cinematografica a quella grafica e illustrativa – è dedicato questo numero speciale di “Rivista di Estetica” che offre riflessioni di carattere critico/letterario e filosofico. Il volume è diviso in due sezioni. La prima è composta di una selezione dei testi più significativi di critici, artisti, poeti, storici dell’arte e del cinema che documentano cronologicamente gli sviluppi del lavoro di Nespolo dagli anni Sessanta ai primi anni del nuovo millennio. La seconda raccoglie i saggi di filosofi che prendono in esame taluni aspetti della ricerca artistica di Nespolo, approfondendola secondo le direzioni della filosofia contemporanea

Inside the Visible : An Elliptical Traverse of 20th Century Art in, of, and from the Feminine

This exhibition catalogue, edited by the curator, De Zheger, surveys the contribution of women to 20th century art through the work of 37 artists, splitting the contents into four thematic sections, each of which are divided into three periods: the 1930s-40s, the 1960s-70s, and the 1990s. The four sections address, respectively, feminine plurality and difference, the poetics of alterity, the interweaving of language and space, and finally, materiality and embodiment. Index, 4 p. List of works. Biographical notes. Bibliography 8 p. Circa 660 bibl. ref

The Artist's Body

The editor Warr pairs a selection of thematically arranged works of body art with similarly arranged critical texts defining the movement and theoretical texts elaborating concepts of the body. Jones’ survey text provides the social and historical context within which body art has developed. The sections, arranged chronologically, begin with the primitive, gestural extensions of the body through painting and end with the more sophisticated technological extensions of the 1990s. Index. Biographical notes. Bibl. 3 p. Circa 440 bibl. ref