Sculptures Also Die. Lorenzo Benedetti (Ed.). cura. Books
Posted in sculpture, Uncategorized, writing on May 10th, 2015Tags: Andrea Baccin, Cura Books., Dario D’Aronco, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Francesco Arena, Francisco Tropa, Giorgio Andreotta Calò, katinka bock, lorenzo benedetti, Mark Manders, Michael Dean, Michael E. Smith, N.Dash, Nina Beier, Oliver Laric, Oscar Tuazon, Walter Santomauro
Artists: Francesco Arena (Italy), Nina Beier (Denmark), Katinka Bock (Germany), Giorgio Andreotta Calò (Italy), Dario D’Aronco (Italy), N.Dash (USA), Michael Dean (UK), Oliver Laric (Austria), Mark Manders (Netherlands), Michael E. Smith (USA), Fernando Sánchez Castillo (Spain) and Francisco Tropa (Portugal), Oscar Tuazon (USA)
Graphic Design: Andrea Baccin & Walter Santomauro
Edition of 1.000 copies
Produced by Palazzo Strozzi Foundation
Sculptures Also Die offering a reflection on contemporary sculpture curated by Lorenzo Benedetti through new and existing work by twelve Italian and international artists who will be forging a reflection on the meaning, the potential and the new experimental approaches in sculpture today. Contemporary artists tend to use new forms and materials to address a broader time span in an ongoing dialogue between the past and the future; yet at the same time, the exhibition reflects on the way in which today’s artists are also rediscovering such materials as bronze, stone or ceramic, that appeared to have been relegated to the purely academic sphere. These materials are rediscovered and used in a conceptual manner to reflect on such themes as the monument, the fragment, the way materials wear over time, and the recovery of the recent modernist past.
