Michelangelo Pistoletto : figuration and cultural politics /

"Examining the Italian artist's career-long exploration of the human figure, this book offers new perspectives on the history of postwar and contemporary art. Widely regarded as the central protagonist of Arte Povera, the twentieth-century Italian art movement characterized by its rejectio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bick, Tenley C. (Author)
Other Authors:	Pistoletto, Michelangelo, 1933-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2025]
Subjects:	Pistoletto, Michelangelo, > 1933- > Criticism and interpretation. Illustrated works. Ouvrages illustrés.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction : A contradictory corpus
Chapter 1. Formative figures : Artmaking in postwar Turin
Chapter 2. Fragments of figuration : Mirror paintings, plexiglass structures
Chapter 3. Figures of protest : Pop and politics in the mirror paintings
Chapter 4. Extremely poor figures : A world minus objects, minus men
Chapter 5. The real and performed figure : Lived and staged action in and after the zoo
Conclusion : Figure as model