Icone Del Passato [Icones of the Past] (1978)

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People:

Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (artist)

Title:

Icone Del Passato [Icones of the Past] (1978)

Date:

circa 1978-2018

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

5 digital files (8 MB)
2 photographs

Scope and content:
The project series documents "Icone Del Passato" an installation showing a hammer and sickle representing ideologies' icons described by Pettena as "icons of the past." "The time of ideologies, which deeply influenced actions of men in the nineteenth century, is now over. Just some icons remain, no longer in use, hung to a wall on a nail." [1]

The project series contains photographs showing the two tools hanging on a nail and a photograph showing similar tools hanging in a room.

Source:
[1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-icons-of-the-past-1975/ (last accessed 11 December 2019)

Reference number:

AP207.S1.1978.PR03

Arrangement:
Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Location:

Italy

Language of material:

English
Italian

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