Maria Centonze (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condition: Gut bis sehr gut. 1. Auflage. B : 136 pages, zahlr. Ill. 24 x 30 cm - This generously illustrated book chronicles Laib's 2009 exhibition at the Fondazione Merz, which featured a site-specific installation of his trademark rice and pollen "mountains" paired with a towering ziggurat of beeswax intended to symbolize "the bond of the sky with the earth." In an effort to demonstrate the belief systems underlying Laib's work, the foundation invited 33 Brahmin priests from various South Indian temples to perform their rituals at 33 altars placed in an open-air courtyard. Twice daily for seven days, they lit 33 fires and burned various herbs, fruits, and spices as part of the 1,000-year-old mahayagna. This ritual, which comes from Hindu Vedic traditions, explores both sacrificial and spiritual sentiments. Things from material life are consumed and surrendered so that the continuing cycle of new beginnings remains uninterrupted.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Volume is bound in black leatherette with bright stamped gilt lettering to front cover. Book is new, with color illustrations. Bilingual in Italian and English. 58 pages. Catalogue of an exhibition on the work of English conceptual artist Simon Starling (b. 1967), winner of the 2005 Turner prize, held at the Fondazione Merz, October 29, 2011 - January 15, 2012.