The horse would know, but the horse can't talk. Premio Querini Stampalia-FURLA per l'arte. Catalogo della mostra (Venezia, 2002)

This volume bears witness to the third edition of the Premio Querini Stampalia - FURLA per l'arte. The prize was conceived by Chiara Bertola, in consultation with Giacinto Di Pietrantonio and Angela Vettese, to document and honor emerging artists who live and work in
Italy. After a meticulous examination of works by young contemporary artists, the national jury selected, as always, five finalists: Marcello Maloberti (Casalpusterlengo, Lodi 1966), Ottonella Mocellin (Milan 1966), Adrian Paci (Shkodër, Albania 1969), Daniele Puppi (Pordenone 1970), and Sissi (Bologna 1977). Following Kosuth and Kabakov, the godfather of this third edition of the prize is the German artist Lothar
Baumgarten, who has invented a complex and unusual play on words, a proverb that invites us to reflect on the impossibility of judging an artist: the horse would know, but the horse can't talk.