International Exhibition of Nothing

International Exhibition of Nothing (Esposizione internazionale del Niente) was a modern art and conceptual movement which originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It was largely an Italian phenomenon, based on nothing, on emptiness, on the invisible, the pieces are an "empty space".

The Publishing manifestos of International Exhibition of Nothing has been a feature of the invisible art movement led by Piero Manzoni.

International Exhibition of Nothing is an exhibition invented in 1960 by a group of artists including Piero Manzoni,[1] Enrico Castellani, Carl Laszlo, Heinz Mack, in which an exhibition of invisible works was represented, the exhibition will then be exhibited again a year later in the Netherlands. In 2015,[2] the exhibition is once again held in Milan in collaboration with the Manzoni Foundation, also exhibited the original "Manifesto" of the time, which was published in Basel in 1960.[3][4]

Main Manifesti

Main works: "When art is invisible"

References

  1. Fondazione Manzoni "1960. Mostre in Italia e nel mondo", Milano, 2015
  2. The Open Box, "Esposizione Internazioanle del Niente", Milano, 2015
  3. Askanews, "Milano, Esposizione internazionale del Niente: arte come nel 1960A The Open Box una "prima" del progetto di Manzoni e Castellani", Milano, 2015
  4. "Askanews, "Il nulla. A Milano l'Esposizione del Niente di Manzoni", Milano, 2015". Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  5. L’arte invisibile in mostra a Londra. «Ma la creazione non è astensione dal giudizio», Tempi, 2012
  6. [1] Damien Hirst (b.1965) Relationships, London, ICA Editions, 1991, Christie's, contemporary art
  7. [2] Alighiero Boetti, Italian, 1940–1994, MOMA, New York

Bibliography

  • Giorgio Di Genova, "Storia dell'arte italiana del '900: Generazione anni Trenta", 2000, ISBN 9788885345812
  • Francesco Tedeschi, "Lo spazio ridefinito: Aricò, Castellani, Coletta, Dadamaino, Garutti, Nagasawa, Pinelli, Staccioli, Vago, Varisco," 1998, ISBN 9788820212766
  • Il Vieri, 1971

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