Arte Povera (Abridged Edition)
(Paperback, Abridged edition)
Publishing Details
Arte Povera (Abridged Edition)
By (Author) Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
Edited by Rebecca Morrill
Phaidon Press Ltd
Phaidon Press Ltd
15th September 2014
Abridged edition
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
709.046
Physical Properties
Paperback
220
Width 250mm, Height 290mm, Spine 15mm
1059g
Description
The definitive overview of this highly influential and innovative art movement.
Reviews
"This is now the definitive English-language sourcebook on Merz, Pistoletto, Paolini and company, thanks to its rich selection of images and texts."Bookforum
"Get hold of Arte Povera... It is both compendium and critique, with artists' statements, a chronology and commentary. It contextualizes the work, and the pictures are great."Adrian Searle, Guardian
"Phaidon's Themes and Movements series seeks to provide the late 20th-century art history books of the future."Art Monthly
Author Bio
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev is an internationally recognized scholar of late 20th-century Italian art. She has published interviews and texts on artists such as Boetti, Pistoletto, Merz, Fabro and Kounellis. Formerly Senior Curator at P.S 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, she is Chief Curator at the Castello di Rivoli, Turin.
