Inclus dans:

• Fonds: Gianni Pettena fonds, 1960-2019
•    Série(s): Works, 1966-2018
•      Projet: Complimenti D'Architettura [Complements of Architecture] (1978), 1978-2016

Personnes et institutions:

• Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
• Gianni Pettena (artist)

Titre:

Complimenti D'Architettura [Complements of Architecture] (1978)

Date:

1978-2016

Niveau de description archivistique:
Project

Collation:

• 38 photographic materials
  18 digital files (68 MB)
  2 drawings

Présentation du contenu:
The project series documents "Complimenti D'Architettura", an installation for the Biennale di Venezia at the Magazzini del Sale in 1978. The installation consists of a stone wall that showcases the different types of stone used as construction material over time, begining with uncut natural stone and ending with cut polished stone. "It is a symbolic history of architecture [...]: all the intermediate phases, from the collection of scattered pieces of rock, piled up to make a heap, to the hewn and polished stone, its surface as shiny as a mirror." [1] The installation was also presented at the exhibition "La fine del mondo" at the Centro Pecci per l'Arte Contemporanea in Prato, in 2016.

The project series contains photographs of the first edition of the installation at the Biennale di Venezia, and installation sketches. It also contains two photographs of the second edition at the Centro Pecci per l'Arte Contemporanea.

Source:
[1] Gianni Pettena website, https://www.giannipettena.it/italiano/opere-1/inst-complements-1978/ (last accessed 14 November 2019).

Numéro de référence:

AP207.S1.1978.PR02

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

Localisation:

Venice Italie

Langue et écriture des documents:

• English
• Italian

Contient:

• AP207.S1.1978.PR02.001, Sketches for the installation, Complimenti D'Architettura, circa 1978
• AP207.S1.1978.PR02.002, Photographs and sketches of the installation, Complimenti D'Architettura, circa 1978
• AP207.S1.1978.PR02.003, Photographs of the installation, Complimenti D'Architettura, 2016
• AP207.S1.1978.PR02.004, Photographs, digitized sketches and drawings, Complementi d’Architettura, 2008 - 2016