Francesco Vezzoli. Democrazy. La Biennale di Venezia. 52ª Esposizone internazionale d'arte. Padiglione italiano
Gianelli Ida
Electa Mondadori
Translation by R. Sadleir.
Italian and English Text.
Milano, 2007; paperback, pp. 188, b/w and col. ill., cm 23x30.
(Cataloghi di Mostre).
series: Cataloghi di Mostre
ISBN: 88-370-5481-5 - EAN13: 9788837054816
Subject: Cinema,Collections,Essays (Art or Architecture),Monographs (Painting and Drawing),Monographs (Sculpture and Decorative Arts),Photography,Sculpture
Period: 1960- Contemporary Period
Places: Italy
Extra: New Media
Languages:
Weight: 1.217 kg
Francesco Vezzoli's work is an exploration of spectacle, seeing it as a system of information that has now reached its summit, capable of replacing reality itself, as in the "Truman Show".
The artist reinterprets the different genres in which spectacle is embodied daily, in an ironic mixture where the boundaries between high and low cultures are effaced: drama and musicals, soap operas and the TV talk shows, video music and trailers for soft porn movies.