Giovanni anselmo

Giovanni anselmo
lire
gent, imschoot, uitgevers, 1990
80 pp., 220x156x16mm, putty-colored cover, black print on white paper.
hardcover edition of 25 signed and numbered copies,
this is number 11.

read is the title and this is what you'll do.
written by a founding member of the italian movement, arte povera, "lire" makes physical the act of reading one word.
a work devoted to the visual properties of the printed word. taking the simple word, lire (read), anselmo varies the size and scale on the page until a progression is established. as you flip through the book the word becomes smaller and then gradually larger and larger until the book concludes with a completely black page where the word is no longer readable.
giovanni anselmo was born aug 5 1934 borgofranco d'ivera, italy.
after working as a painter from 1959 to 1964, giovanni anselmo turned to conceptual art in 1965 and by 1968 was associated with the emergence of arte povera.


Giovanni anselmo werd geplaatst in de rubriek Kunst en foto te koop.
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