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Sculptural Materiality in the Age of Conceptualism is structured around four distinct but interrelated projects initially realized in Italy between 1966 and 1972: Yayoi Kusama's Narcissus Garden, Michelangelo Pistoletto's Newspaper Sphere (Sfera di giornali), Robert Smithson's Asphalt Rundown, and Joseph Beuys's Arena. Here, they anchor a
List of contents
Introduction: Meshworks and Networks
Sculptural Materiality
Action and Circulation in Postwar Italy
1. Reflective Acts: Yayoi Kusama in Venice
"Sideshow" Sculpture
and the XXXIII Venice Biennale
Photographic Mirrors
Self, Sculpture, and Photograph
Remnants and Residuum
2. With Time Action: Michelangelo Pistoletto in Turin
Mirror Images and Minus Objects
Con temp l'azione
The City as Material
From the Street to the Cage
3. Slow Dissolves: Robert Smithson in Rome
Exhibiting Process
The Flow of Sculpture
Photography is Action
The Age of Conceptualism
4. The Sculptural Arena: Joseph Beuys in Naples
The Mediterranean Situation
Transmitters
Between Image and Object
Sculpture as Multiple
Conclusion: Material Dispersions
Recreations and Replicas
Inert Monuments and Enlivened Objects
About the author
Marin R. Sullivan is Assistant Professor of Art History, Department of Art, Keene State College, USA.
Summary
Sculptural Materiality in the Age of Conceptualism is structured around four distinct but interrelated projects initially realized in Italy between 1966 and 1972: Yayoi Kusama’s Narcissus Garden, Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Newspaper Sphere (Sfera di giornali), Robert Smithson’s Asphalt Rundown, and Joseph Beuys’s Arena. Here, they anchor a
