Published by Mousse Publishing. Edited by Vicente Todolí. Text by Mariano Boggia, Germano Celant, Lisa Le Feuvre, Pietro Rigolo. Interview by Harald Szeemann.
Arte Povera conspirator Mario Merz (1925–2004) made his first igloo in 1968. Published for an exhibition of his igloos—produced between the '60s until his death—at Pirelli Hangar Bicocca in Milan, Igloos highlights Merz’s work with these iconic structures.
Published by Fondazione Merz. Essays by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Pier Giovanni Castagnoli, et al.
Mario Merz, the late, great proponent of Arte Povera, envisioned the contemporary artist as a nomad, ever mediating and meditating on the relationship between nature and culture. He began to make work after his arrest in 1945 for anti-fascist activities; confined to jail, he drew incessantly on whatever material he could find. After his release, he painted first in oil on canvas, then began to pierce the canvas--as well as objects such as bottles, umbrellas and raincoats--with neon tubes, symbolically infusing them with energy. In 1968, Merz adopted one of his signature motifs, the igloo, symbol of the transitory artist. At base a metal skeleton, the igloo could be covered with site-specific fragments of clay, wax, mud, glass, burlap, or bundles of branches, and decorated with political or literary phrases in neon tubing. Merz's iconography later came to incorporate the Fibonacci formula of mathematical progression (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34...), stacked newspapers, archetypal animals, motorcycles and the table, symbol of the human need for fulfillment and interaction. This posthumous monograph is the most complete publication on the artist. It includes documentation of his entire artistic production, including paintings, sculptures, installations, drawings, neon and Fibonacci series work, plus many previously unpublished materials. With a comprehensive history of Merz's career, a bibliography, a biographic chronology and critical essays, it offers a deep and deserving reflection of the artist and his significant role in twentieth-century art.
PUBLISHER Fondazione Merz
BOOK FORMAT Hardcover, 9 x 10.5 in. / 500 pgs / 800 color.
PUBLISHING STATUS Pub Date 1/2/2005 Out of print
DISTRIBUTION D.A.P. Exclusive Catalog: FALL 2004
PRODUCT DETAILS ISBN 9788877571847TRADE List Price: $65.00 CAD $75.00
Published by Hopefulmonster. Art by Mario Merz and Fiction by Marosia Castaldi.
One looked like a dinosaur. Another one looked like an anteater. Another one a big lizard or a crocodile. They are not just figures or signs among the stars. They are living creatures that move up in the sky. The Universe is full of dinosaurs, kites, lizards and lions, men with arrows and rhinos. So writes Marosia Castaldi in this tender fable, in which the author's words combine with the magical visions of Mario Merz to tell of a world of imagination that can be found inside everyone. Haven't we all looked at the night sky and wondered if someone else was looking at the same stars and constellations, but from the other side?
PUBLISHER Hopefulmonster
BOOK FORMAT Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.75 in. / 66 pgs / 36 color.
PUBLISHING STATUS Pub Date 1/2/2004 No longer our product
DISTRIBUTION D.A.P. Exclusive Catalog: FALL 2003
PRODUCT DETAILS ISBN 9788877571663TRADE List Price: $16.00 CAD $20.00
Published by Hopefulmonster. Essays by Danilo Eccher, Lucas Fragasso, Giorgio Guglielmino, Hugo Petruschansky and Adriana Rosenberg.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Mario Merz: Historical Works--Installations at the Fundacion Proa in Buenos Aires, this catalogue collects documentation of the works in the exhibition, including many late works, together with a series of the artist's most representative works and critical texts.
PUBLISHER Hopefulmonster
BOOK FORMAT Paperback, 9.25 x 10.75 in. / 120 pgs / 90 color / 17 bw.
PUBLISHING STATUS Pub Date 7/2/2003 No longer our product
DISTRIBUTION D.A.P. Exclusive Catalog: FALL 2003
PRODUCT DETAILS ISBN 9788877571625TRADE List Price: $32.00 CAD $40.00
Published by Hopefulmonster. Essay by Danilo Eccher.
Mario Merz's igloos, paintings, neon light sculptures and Fibonacci numerical-sequence installations have long been considered emblematic of the Arte Povera movement. This volume accompanies the artist's first exhibition ever in Brazil and features not only the works shown but also many other important pieces.
PUBLISHER Hopefulmonster
BOOK FORMAT Paperback, 9 x 10.5 in. / 120 pgs / 100 color / 3 bw.
PUBLISHING STATUS Pub Date 7/2/2003 No longer our product
DISTRIBUTION D.A.P. Exclusive Catalog: FALL 2003
PRODUCT DETAILS ISBN 9788877571649TRADE List Price: $32.00 CAD $40.00
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