E IL TOPO PERIODICO D’ARTISTA ANNO XX N°12 2012
IT WOKE UP AND THE DINOSAUR WAS NO LONGER THERE
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Qui giace Raffaello Sanzio: da lui, quando visse, la natura temette d’esser vinta, ora che egli è morto, teme di morire
D’AILLEURS, C’EST TOUJOURS LES AUTRES QUI MEURENT
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Though they’d been informed of the eclipse, everybody panicked when the streets went suddenly dark.
Raymond Hains ŠFondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
2005
sent by Grazia Quaroni
Dennis Oppenheim ŠRobert Ladislas Derr
sent by Robert Ladislas Derr
2011
sent by Anne Dressen
AndrĂŠ Raffray
2010
Arman
sent by Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois
2005
sent by Simona Bordone
Carla Vendrame Š A. Guidetti
2009
Pierre Restany ŠGiovanni Bai
sent by Giovanni Bai
2003
sent by Archivio Careof
Helen Frankenthaler
2011
Louise Bourgeois Š Dimitris Yeros
sent by Dimitris Yeros
2010
sent by Margaret Honda
Sadamasa Motonaga
2011
Leonora Carrington
sent by Michel De Gyves
2011
Una banana è ansia dal distacco, una banana inserita nel tacco.
Roy Lichtenstein Š Christopher Felver
sent by Christopher Felver
1997
Mimmo Rotella
sent by Francesca Alfano Miglietti
2006
Aldo Tagliaferro Š Bruno Di Bello
sent by Bruno Di Bello
2009
sent by Giovanni Bai
Dennis Hopper Š Giovanni Bai
2010
Giancarla Zanutti
sent by Antonio De Pascale
2002
sent by Archivio Careof
Larry Rivers
2002
Nam June Paik Š Giovanni Bai
sent by Giovanni Bai
2006
He was told so many times it was forbidden, he understood it was what he must want.
Gino De Dominicis Š Pio Monti
sent by Pio Monti
1998
sent by Maddalena Arcella
Michele Sovente Š Fabio Donato
2011
Dadamaino
sent by Archivio Careof
2004
sent by Dimitris Yeros
Shusaku Arakawa Š Dimitris Yeros
2010
Rammellzee
sent by Franklin Sirmans
2010
sent by Gunther Gastroph
Sigmar Polke Š Klaus Staeck
2010
Jeanne-Claude Š Wolfgang Volz
sent by Matthias Koddenberg
2009
sent by Giovanni Bai
Wolf Vostell Š Giovanni Bai
1998
Aldo Mondino
sent by Davide Nido
2005
sent by Rachele Ferrario
Palma Bucarelli
1998
Joan Brossa © Pepe cobo y Cía
sent by Pepe Cobo
1998
sent by Sebastiano Mauri
Fabio Mauri
2009
Claudio Guarino
sent by Steve Child
2004
sent by Jean Richards
Eva Ziesel Š Brigitte Lacombe
2011
Emanuele Luzzati Š Davide Pambianchi
sent by Nuvola Ravera
2007
sent by Martín Giménez
Bandi Binder
2006
Paolo Cotani Š Emiliano Zucchini
sent by Emiliano Zucchini
2011
sent by Pepe Cobo
Juan Muñoz © Pepe Cobo y Cía
2001
Antoni Tàpies © Gemma Mercader
sent by Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona
2012
I’m asleep now, in a while I’ll be rowing again
Steven Parrino
sent by Elizabeth Periale
2005
sent by Craig Wadlin-Art Club 2000
Colin de Land
2003
Davide Mosconi Š Angelo Caligaris
sent by Elisabetta Longari
2002
CĂŠsar
sent by Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois
1998
sent by Braco Dimitrijević
Barry Flanagan © Braco Dimitrijević
2009
sent by Pio Monti
Luciano Fabro Š Pio Monti
2007
Sol LeWitt Š Pio Monti
sent by Pio Monti
2007
sent by Antonio Angelillo
Aldo Rossi
1997
Mario Schifano Š Marcellino Radogna
sent by Marcellino Radogna
1998
The perfect reproduction, the absolute copy as distinct from the original, the possibility to create, duplicate, to endlessly multiply in the realms of art, literature and thinking, texts, authors, quotations and references, in order to build a milieu of innumerable possibilities and eternal returns. These operations are both, fascinating and anxious. And now what?
Richard Hamilton © Braco Dimitrijević
sent by Braco Dimitrijević
2011
sent by Y Liver
Christoph Maria Schlingensief
2011
Merce Cunningham Š Annie Leibovitz
sent by Merce Cunningham Dance Company
2009
Emilio Vedova Š Fabrizio Gazzarri
sent by Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova
2006
Gianfranco Ferrè
sent by Loredana Filice
2007
Andrea Zanzotto and Mario Luzi
2011
sent by Fabio Zanzotto
2005
sent by Bert Theis
Marco Colombaioni
2011
Willem de Kooning Š Christopher Felver
sent by Christopher Felver
1997
sent by Sophie Dondero
Cy Twombly Š Mario Dondero
2011
Enrico Baj Š Aurelio Amendola
sent by Fondazione Marconi, Milano
2003
sent by Marco Caselli Nirmal
Leo De Berardinis Š Marco Caselli Nirmal,1988
2008
Giuseppe Chiari Š Luigi Ricci
sent by Pio Monti
2007
What time is it? I mean right now: NOW. What time is it right now?
James Lee Byars © Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
1997
sent by Hervé Chandès
sent by Archivio Careof
Harald Szeemann Š Mario Gorni
2005
Luca Castellano
sent by Peppe Esposito
2001
sent by Sara Scanderebech
Roman Opalka
2011
Mario Merz Š David Heald
Courtesy Archivio Merz, Torino
2003
sent by Archivio Merz, Torino
sent by Gabriele Di Matteo
Colin de Land â˜şArmando della Vittoria
2003
Pat Hearn â˜şArmando della Vittoria
sent by Gabriele Di Matteo
2000
The sea still calls me each summer, though I am forgetting the names of the fish.
Dennis Oppenheim and Stella
sent by Emilio Corti
2011
sent by Giovanni Bai
Luciano Inga Pin Š Giovanni Bai
2009
Vettor Pisani Š Pio Monti
sent by Pio Monti
2011
sent by Beatrice Bouvet
Roger Bouvet
2010
Jean-Louis Maubant
sent by Homiridis Maubant
2010
sent by Andrea Stappert
Jason Rhoades Š Andrea Stappert
2006
Dash Snow Š Wyatt Neumann
sent by Wyatt Neumann
2009
sent by Patricia Rizzo
Oscar Bony
2002
Fabio Mauri
sent by Sebastiano Mauri
2009
sent by Federico Luger
Leo Castelli Š M. Riboud
1999
Gianfranco Pardi Š Carlo Orsi
sent by Fondazione Marconi, Milano
2012
He would never let anyone so near him again. He would never let anyone so near him again.
Robert Rauschenberg (selfportrait) ŠRobert Rauschenberg Foundation
2008
sent by Christa Carr
sent by Giovanni Bai
Vincenzo Accame Š Giovanni Bai
1999
Vincenzo Consolo
sent by Eric Davanzo - Gruppo A
2012
sent by Jacqueline Adilon
Georges Adilon Š Blaise Adilon
2009
Crescenzo Del Vecchio
sent by Maria adele Del Vecchio
2006
Lello Ruggiero
sent by Angelo Ricciardi and Nello Teodori
2009
Tom Wesselmann Š Dimitris Yeros
sent by Dimitris Yeros
2004
sent by Violetta di Parma
Dario Bernardi
2011
Ivo Bonacorsi
sent by Valentina Tortorella
2007
sent by MariaTeresa Padula
Mimmo Conenna
1998
John Chamberlain Š Rafael Bueno
sent by Rafael Bueno
2011
sent by Emilio Rigamonti
Paolo Rigamonti
2002
Bob Law ŠThe estate of Bob Law
sent by Richard Saltoun
2004
sent by Antonio De Pascale
Pasquale Zazzara
2011
Luis Benedit
sent by Juliรกn Benedit
2011
sent by Mario Gorni
Bruno Munari
1998
Giuseppe Panza di Biumo
sent by Albarete di Gemito
2010
sent by Gyula Kosice
Victor Vasarely
1997
Emilio Tadini Š Alberto Taglabue
sent by Fondazione Marconi, Milano
2002
sent by Mara Züst
Martin Disler © Andreas Züst
1996
Chen Zhen Š Galleria Continua
sent by Maurizio Regillo
2000
sent by où, Marseille
Richard Baquié
1996
Stan Brakhage Š Tim Wilkins
sent by Francesco Bertocco
2003
sent by Elfie Semotan
Martin Kippenberger Š Elfie Semotan
1997
Martin Kippenberger Š Andrea Stappert
sent by Andrea Stappert
1997
sent by Vanessa Michielon
Carlo Miroglio
2009
Czeslaw Milosz
sent by Magda Podkowinska
2004
An empty page, specifically designed for the never present Félix González-Torres. A name that vanishes behind his oeuvre’s “permanent change”. Gabriele Di MaƩeo, for this issue of E il topo devoted to the concept of Ɵme-as-magazine, requested a private picture/portrait of Félix González-Torres. Our request was turned down. We were told that it was an essenƟal part of the arƟst’s statement not to allow any photograph of himself to be reproduced. This prohibiƟon is conceptually related to the idea that the image of the arƟst places him in a determined Ɵme frame, while the intenƟon of Félix González-Torres is just the opposite: that of the perpetuaƟon of Ɵmelessness. Also, the personal image of the arƟst would create an aura that wouldn’t allow the work to stand and live on its own as the only legacy to be leŌ behind. We were also told that González-Torres, even went so far as to limit the number of interviews he gave, and chose to avoid the describing or talking about the meaning of his work, preferring to speak about general conceptual ideas.
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Mike Kelley Š Fredrik Nilsen
sent by Fredrik Nilsen
2012
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Special thanks to: Françoise Lonardoni Grazia Quaroni Robert Ladislas Derr Anne Dressen Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois Simona Bordone Giovanni Bai Archivio Careof Dimitris Yeros Suzanne Fredericq Michel De Gyves Christopher Felver Francesca Alfano Miglietti Bruno Di Bello Antonio De Pascale Pio Monti Catherine Elkar Maddalena Arcella Franklin Sirmans Gunther Gastroph Andrea Stappert Eric Davanzo Davide Nido Rachele Ferrario Pepe Cobo Sebastiano Mauri Steve Child Jean Richards Martín Giménez Emiliano Zucchini Fondaciò Antoni Tàpies Elizabeth Periale Craig Wadlin (Art Club 2000) Elisabetta Longari Braco Dimitrijević Antonio Angelillo Marcellino Radogna Y Liver Merce Cunningham Dance Company Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova Loredana Filice Zaccaria Di Matteo Fabio Zanzotto Bert Theis Sophie Dondero Fondazione Marconi Maria Teresa Padula Jen Budney Hervé Chandès Mario Gorni Guglielmo Guastafferi Sara Scanderebech Archivio Merz Wyatt Neumann Beatrice Bouvet Homiridis Maubant Patricia Rizzo Federico Luger Franco Marrocco Christa Carr Jacqueline Adilon Maria Adele Del Vecchio Violetta di Parma Valentina Tortorella Rafael Bueno Richard Saltoun Emilio Rigamonti Julián Benedit Albarete di Gemito Maurizio Regillo où Francesco Bertocco Benedikt Ender Angelo Ricciardi & Nello Teodori Saverio Lucariello Magda Podkowinska Vanessa Michielon Ignazio Gadaleta Pablo Janzana Matteo Vinti Silvia Fabro Mario Dondero Riccardo Notte Vladimir Vasicek Jr. Loredana Putignani Pasquale Campanella Nicola Di Caprio Sergio Sansevrino Elfie Semotan Monia Basso Denis Piel Margaret Honda Athos Zacharias Matthias Koddenberg Nuvola Ravera Fabrizio Gazzarri Marco Caselli Nirmal Chiara Agnello Emilio Corti Peppe Esposito Mara Züst Florian Bachmann Klaus Staeck Thomas Mariani Mirela Stanila Gyula Kosice Massimo De Palma Stefano Carezzali Debora Hirsh Bruno Muzzolini Fredrik Nilsen
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