Heroes
Umberto Allemandi
Torino, GAM - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, May 19 - October 9, 2011.
Edited by D. Eccher.
English Text.
Torino, 2011; hardback, pp. 280, ill., col. plates, cm 24,5x34.
Other editions available: Edizione italianana (ISBN: 88-422-2025-6).
ISBN: 88-422-2026-4 - EAN13: 9788842220268
Subject: Collections,Essays (Art or Architecture),Graphic Arts (Prints, Drawings, Engravings, Miniatures),Painting,Sculpture
Period: 1960- Contemporary Period
Languages:
Weight: 2.06 kg
The selection deliberately includes grandiouse works of twenty-three outstanding contemporary artists, a chorus of lead singers from which the issue regarding the current relevance of the hero today emerges: Marina Abramovic, Pawel Althamer, Georg Baselitz, Christian Boltanski, Louise Bourgeois, Francesco Clemente, Latifa Echakhch, General Idea, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Anselm Kiefer, Sigalit Landau, Mark Manders, Mario Merz, Mike Nelson, Hermann Nitsch, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Pietro Roccasalva, Jenny Saville, Sean Scully, Thomas Schutte, Cy Twombly, Francesco Vezzoli, Danh Vo.