Gianni Colombo

In his experimentations with perceptual structures, Colombo developed new definitions for the work of art as a habitable environment and a field of active participation through the use of light, movement and space. In the experience of his environments, our sensory and aesthetic capabilities find themselves diffused and amplified.
Key Sales Information - The catalogues includes new essays by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Marcella Beccaria, Guy Brett and Marco Scotini, a wide-ranging selection of writings by the artist and interviews with Giovanni Anceschi, Gabriele De Vecchi, Olafur Eliasson, François Morellet and Grazia Varisco.
- In addition to images of the most important works created by Colombo, beginning in the 1950s, the catalogue presents, for the first time, a detailed chronology of the artist's exhibitions and his artistic development.
- A selected bibliography (including interviews with the Artist; Solo-exhibition catalogs; selected articles in magazines and newspapers concludes the book.
- This catalogue was created on the occasion of the large retrospective at Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Rivoli-Turin (14 September 2009 - 13 January 2010).
Authors Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev is the artistic director of Documenta 13, Kassel 2012 and Director ad interim of the Castello di Rivoli Contemporary Art Museum, through 2009.
Marcella Beccaria is curator at the Castello di Rivoli Museum.