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4 booklets in silkscreend and handmande-sewed kraft paper bag.---Markus Karstiess, Emanuele De Donno, Amedeo Martegani, Claudio Abate

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49 years ago Robert Smithson made his first earthwork Asphalt Rundown in October 1969 in an abandoned quarry near Rome with Galleria L’Attico.
This publication brings together rare and previously unpublished material from the Archivio Claudio Abate  and Fabio Sargentini (Galleria L’Attico) documenting the iconic flow and the exhibition Smithson realized inside Galleria L’Attico, as well as sculptures and video works from Markus Karstiess who made a dig for the remains of the asphalt in 2014.


Produced in the occasion of the exhibition With the Eyes of the Earth, at COLLI independent art gallery, Rome.

Prodotto in occasione della mostra "With the eyes of the earth", presso COLLI Independent Art Gallery, Roma. 49 anni fa Robert Smithson realizzò il suo primo Asphalt Rundown di terra nell'ottobre del 1969 in una cava abbandonata vicino a Roma con la Galleria L'Attico. Questa pubblicazione (4 fascicoli sciolti in busta di carta kraft serigrafata e cucita a mano) raccoglie materiale raro e inedito dall'Archivio Claudio Abate e Fabio Sargentini (Galleria L'Attico) che documenta il flusso iconico e la mostra che Smithson ha realizzato all'interno della Galleria L'Attico, nonché sculture e opere video di Markus Karstiess che ha realizzato uno scavo per cercare i resti dell'asfalto nel 2014.

Artists’ Book, Exhibition Catalogue

Was die Erde sieht / With the Eyes of the Earth

— Digging for Robert Smithon’s Asphalt Rundown from 1969 in an abandoned quarry near Rome

by Claudio Abate, Markus Karstiess, Robert Smithson

Publisher
Release Place Foligno, Italy
Milan, Italy
Edition 1st edition
Release Date 2018
Credits
Printrun 400
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 9788897753452
Work  
Subform Photobook
Methods Photography
Language German, English
Dimensions 38.5 × 28.0 cm
Weight 1,000 gram
Pages 80