AZADE
Opening reception 28/08
Germano Celant
conceptual art - arte povera - land art
Galleria d’Arte Moderna Torino 1970
Exhibition catalogue
Softcover, 227 p
22,5 × 24 x 2,2 cm
Texts in Italian
Rare publication
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Torino from June 12 to July 12 1970, this very rare catalogue is an invaluable testimony to the colossal work of Germano Celant, who established the international recognition of Arte Povera by presenting the movement on a par with the major trends in contemporary American art. It brings together testimonies from the artists participating in the Conceptual art – arte povera – land art exhibition as an important document in the history of the avant-garde movements of the 1970s.
This exhibition was also the first organised by Information Documentation Archive. Founded in Genoa by Celant and Ida Gianelli, IDA is a documentation centre on contemporary art and architecture. Within a year, 1,500 items (slides, films, newspapers, press releases, publications, etc.) were collected and classified into three categories: arte povera, conceptual art and land art. These would be used by institutions to create publications and exhibitions. Like Harald Szeemann, Germano Celant structured a visionary and clear-sighted project around the idea of the archive, which shaped a two-way process: promoting both curatorial and editorial projects, independently of the academic world and museum institutions.
Works by Carl Andre, Giovanni Anselmo, John Baldessari, Robert Barry, Joseph Beuys, Mel Bochner, Alighiero Boetti, Pino Calzolari, Hanne Darboven, Jan Dibbets, Luciano Fabro, Dan Flavin, Hamish Fulton, Hans Haacke, Michael Heizer, Douglas Huebler, Stephen Kaltenbach, On Kawara, Yves Klein, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis Kounellis, Sol LeWitt, Piero Manzoni, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Meret Oppenheim, Giulio Paolini, Pino Pascali, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Emilio Prini, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, Keith Sonnier, Bernar Venet, Lawrence Weiner, Gilberto Zorio, Walter de Maria.
Including four pages of transparent acetate printed by Lawrence Weiner, Hamish Fulton, Stephen Kaltenbach and Robert Barry.
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