The new volume, conceived by Germano Celant, curated by Studio Celant in collaboration with Studio Alberto Garutti, is the most comprehensive survey dedicated to the artist Alberto Garutti (1948–2023), exploring the experimental and innovative nature of his language. It focuses on key aspects that, over the years, have become essential for anyone engaging with site-specific works or the themes of public spaces.
Crucial aspects such as the idea of the anti-monument, non-invasiveness, opposition to system rhetoric, sharp critique of institutional landscapes, the role of the viewer, and the concept of the artwork as a form of open dialogue and conversation, are just some of the characteristics of Alberto Garutti's artistic discourse. The volume addresses these themes through three distinct, transversal and parallel critical approaches: historical-critical analysis, the narration of artistic and biographical events, and the personal narrative of the author after more than fifty years of life in art.
The publication contains an essay by Antonella Soldaini, a historical-critical timeline from 1948 to 2023 edited by Eva Fabbris (also in charge of research), seven thematic essays by Alberto Garutti written specifically for this publication, and an extensive series of illustrations and documents to narrate the career of an artist who from the early works of the 1970s always raised questions about the role and the ethical responsibility of the figure of the artist in contemporary society.
Published by
a+mbookstore, Milan (Italian version)
and Hatje Cantz, Berlin (English version)
The project is supported by the Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture under the Italian Council program (2023).
The release of the book is accompanied by an intense calendar of events in Italian and foreign museums, among which our online presentation. We are looking forward to your participation! Please register via the following link.
