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Following WWII in Italy, the art movements Spatialism (founded by Lucio Fontana) and Nuclear Art (founded by Enrico Baj, Sergio Dangelo, and Gianni Bertini) represented a strongly original and alternative artistic vision to an art world divided between Realism and Abstraction. Based on the outstanding Luciano Lanfranchi Collection, this magisterial, groundbreaking, 2-volume publication traces the birth and development of these movements, and offers extensive contextual and critical essays by notable art historians, with full-page and partial page illustrations and documents, exhibition histories, bibliographies, and interviews. AUTHOR: Luca Massimo Barbero, historian and critic of modern and contemporary art, is Director of the Institute of Art History at the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice and scientific consultant of the Lucio Fontana Foundation. He is the author of numerous publications and exhibitions on the art of the Italian post World War II period. SELLING POINTS: . Published for the first time ever, the Lanfranchi Collection is an important testament to the impact of the Spatialism and Nuclear Art movements in post WWII Italy 600 colour, 100 b/w illustrations 2 Hardback volumes in slipcase

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Author:   Luca Massimo Barbero
Publisher:   Forma Edizioni
Imprint:   Forma Edizioni
Weight:   4.192kg
ISBN:  

9788855210539

ISBN 10:   885521053
Pages:   500
Publication Date:   28 June 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Volume 1 SPAZIALI (250 pages): Foreword by Luciano Lanfranchi; Spatialism: Artists and Works in the Lanfranchi Collection  by Luca Massimo Barbero; “The ideas are irrefutable. They exist as seeds!” “Spatialist” Writers, Critics and “Thinkers”: notes for a reinterpretation by Chiara Mari; Works; Appendix; Entries on the works  by Alessandro Rosa; Exhibitions and bibliography. Volume 2 NUCLEARI (250 pages): Foreword by Luciano Lanfranchi; Nuclear Art: Artists and Works in the Lanfranchi Collection  by Luca Massimo Barbero; “Faire du feu en frottant du papier contre du papier” Notes on the Nuclear Movement as viewed through the pages of the magazine Il Gesto by Chiara Mari; Works; Appendix; Entries on the works  by Alessandro Rosa; Exhibitions and bibliography.  

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Luca Massimo Barbero, historian and critic of modern and contemporary art, is Director of the Institute of Art History at the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice and scientific consultant of the Lucio Fontana Foundation. He is the author of numerous publications and exhibitions on the art of the Italian post World War II period.

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