{"product_id":"on-collecting-artists-books","title":"On Collecting Artists' Books","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2018, the Turin-based gallery owner \u003cstrong\u003eLiliana Dematteis decided to entrust her invaluable collection of artists' books\u003c\/strong\u003e to the Thomas J. Watson Library of the \u003cstrong\u003eMetropolitan Museum in New York\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume \u003cem\u003eOn collecting artists' books\u003c\/em\u003e aims to pay homage to this important collection, born from Dematteis' experience as a scholar, publisher and director of Galleria Martano, by proposing \u003cstrong\u003ea comparison between Italian and American artists who, between the 1960s and 1970s, approached this practice\u003c\/strong\u003e. In both countries, in fact, different artistic movements saw in this everyday object not only an alternative and effective vehicle of content, but also a stimulating ground for experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003eselection of volumes, which compares some of the most emblematic books of Arte Povera, Minimal Art, Performance Art, Fluxus and Visual Poetry, is edited by Melania Gazzotti\u003c\/strong\u003e, and is introduced by texts by \u003cstrong\u003eLiliana Dematteis, Giorgio Di Domenico, Ken Soehner, and Tony White\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"corraini-shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53629464117578,"sku":"9788875708443","price":28.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/8652\/3978\/files\/corraini_gazzotti_collecting_cover.jpg?v=1768327426","url":"https:\/\/corraini.com\/en\/products\/on-collecting-artists-books","provider":"corraini-shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}