The dining table of cultures

A$750 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Mantua, Italy : Edizioni Corraini, 2005. Small quarto (250 x 180 mm), pp. 32 printed on diecut aluminium leaves, spiral bound, in publisher s original cardboard slipcase. Limited to 700 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. Text in English and Italian. An as new copy, very fine. A striking artist s book / private press production, printed entirely on aluminium sheets, which accompanied Pistoletto s exhibition of the same name, where he created six large scale dining tables out of steel, conceived as meeting point for the cultures and nations bordering the seas. Understanding and accepting the Other is the most threatening dare that recent history challenges us , says Angela Vettese, editor of this book. Michelangelo Pistoletto picks up this dare and shows us six dining tables of cultures , projected thinking at the form of the seas that link different people, landscapes and cultures: from Mediterranean sea to Baltic, from South China sea to Caribbean sea, without forgetting Black and Red sea. If a sea joins, an island can be the setting of a world in which art claims a responsible change in society: in San Servolo island near Venice, the italian artist presented Cittadellarte, some installations that show a different social structure in politics, communication, works, economics and so on. Even the book s construction reflects Pistoletto s sensibility towards nature: every page, included cover, are made of aluminium. Some of these are punched and, like open doors, show th

• Binding: Hardcover

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