Marisa Merz : the sky is a great space
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Marisa Merz : the sky is a great space
Hammer Museum , DelMonico Books・Prestel, 2017
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Exhibition catalogue
Published on the occasion of the exhibition, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jan. 24-May 7, 2017 and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, June 4-Aug. 20, 2017
Other contributors: Connie Butler, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Leslie Cozzi, Teresa Kittler, Cloé Perrone, Lucia Re, Tommaso Trini
Includes bibliographical references
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Bringing together five decades of painting, sculpture, and installations from the celebrated Italian artist Marisa Merz, this monograph accompanies a major US retrospective of her work. This generously illustrated book offers readers the chance to appreciate the full range of works by Marisa Merz, winner of the 2013 Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Biennale. This volume traces Merz's artistic evolution from early experiments with non-traditional materials and processes, to intricately constructed installations of the 1970s and the enigmatic ceramic heads of the 1980s and '90s. Authoritative essays explore the rise of international women's art in the 1960s and '70s and Merz's own place in Italy's postwar art history. As the sole female protagonist of Arte Povera she is one of the few Italian women to exhibit in major venues internationally. Merz's challenging and evocative body of work is deeply personal and resistant to the categories of art history, including Arte Povera and international feminist art, with which she was associated. Previously unpublished texts and poetry by the artist, and an illustrated chronology, complement this comprehensive look at an enormously influential artist.
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