EXHIBITING ITALIAN ART IN UNITED - ''Like a Giant Screen''

This volume explores how Italian institutions, dealers, critics, and artists constructed a modern national identity for Italy by exporting -literally and figuratively - contemporary art to the United States in key moments between 1929 and 1969.

List of contents

Introduction 1. (Prelude): "I Will Smash The Alps of the Atlantic:" Futurist Depero and Italian Americanism 2. Exporting Fascist Culture / Importing American Modernity 3. MoMA and the Post-War Rehabilitation of Italy 4. Tu Vuo Fa l’Americano: Catherine Viviano, Irene Brin, and Italian Art’s Conquest of Hollywood 5. Transatlantic Arte Povera: The Trojan Horse of Germano Celant

About the author

Raffaele Bedarida is an Associate Professor of Art History at The Cooper Union, New York, where he directs the History and Theory of Art program.

Summary

This volume explores how Italian institutions, dealers, critics, and artists constructed a modern national identity for Italy by exporting –literally and figuratively – contemporary art to the United States in key moments between 1929 and 1969.

Product details

• Authors: Raffaele Bedarida
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781032081298
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3208129-8
• No. of pages: 228
• Series: Routledge Research in Art Museums and Exhibitions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Travel > Travel guides; Europe, Theory of art, ART / History / General, ART / Museum Studies, ART / European, History of art / art & design styles, History of Art, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies