Summary:

A recent spate of exhibitions and an upcoming retrospective have
drawn increased attention to the Italian Arte Povera pioneer
Alighiero Boetti (or, in his identity-suturing guise, Alighiero e
["and"] Boetti) (1940-1994). Perhaps Boetti's best-known works are
the textile maps of the world that he commissioned from female
weavers in Afghanistan and Pakistan, beginning in 1971. In these
maps, every country appears in the color and design of its national
flag, and the borders are inscribed with texts of Boetti's devising
along with statements from the local populace about their political
aspects of their daily life. "I did nothing for this work," the
artist has said, "chose nothing myself, in the sense that the world
is shaped as it is, I did not draw it; the flags are what they are, I
did not design them. In short I created absolutely nothing." This
monograph on Boetti's now-classic cartographic pieces features 40
color images and an essay by Jean-Christophe Ammann.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 709 -- Historical, areas, persons treatment

Book Details:

Physical Description: 9.3"x11.4"x0.5"; 1.4 lb; 92 pages
Edition Info: Hardcover; 2010-08-31

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