{"product_id":"fabrizio-plessi-acquabiografia-centro-galleria-arte-contemporanea-turin-1975","title":"Fabrizio Plessi — Acquabiografia, Centro \/ Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, 1975","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition catalogue published on the occasion of \u003cem\u003eAcquabiografia\u003c\/em\u003e, Fabrizio Plessi's solo exhibition at Centro \/ Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, inaugurated 22 January 1975. Bilingual Italian and German text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catalogue documents 200 collages made under the title \u003cem\u003eAcquabiografia\u003c\/em\u003e, in which Plessi treats water not as a natural element but as an unstable system of images, tools, absurd functions, and poetic substitutions. Works from 1972–74 are reproduced throughout, including \u003cem\u003eAnalogie Sostitutive\u003c\/em\u003e (1973), \u003cem\u003eMaschera antiacqua\u003c\/em\u003e (1974), \u003cem\u003eA bordo della Carnegie\u003c\/em\u003e (1974), \u003cem\u003eCanotto da deserto\u003c\/em\u003e (1974), \u003cem\u003eStiraonde dall'acquabiografico\u003c\/em\u003e (1973), and \u003cem\u003eMare classico\u003c\/em\u003e (1974) — all acrylic on emulsioned canvas, format 125 × 81 cm. Each work is reproduced as a full spread, with title, date, and medium listed on the facing page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVenice is central to the project: flooding, cleaning, drains, sponges, soap, aquariums, and machines become imaginary solutions to a real civic and environmental condition. The text places Plessi in dialogue with — and against — Klaus Rinke, whose use of elemental materials is cited as a counterpoint. References to Giorgione, Leonardo, Géricault, and Duchamp are also present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe catalogue essay positions \u003cem\u003eAcquabiografia\u003c\/em\u003e as a precise emancipation from the rationalization of nature: water is paradoxically removed from its usual state as object, transformed through equipment into useless material, and made available as metaphor. Plessi's humour — grotesque, absurdist, and civic — runs throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcrylic on emulsioned canvas works reproduced throughout. Bilingual Italian\/German critical text. Square format. Condition: Fine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE NEW RARE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53340761325906,"sku":"PLESSI-ACQUABIOGRAFIA-1975","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Fabrizio_Plessi_1975_001.jpg?v=1777936294","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/fabrizio-plessi-acquabiografia-centro-galleria-arte-contemporanea-turin-1975","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}