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Dalla letteratura all'arte contemporanea: pensieri di un inesperto sui «Promessi sposi cancellati per venticinque lettori e dieci appestati» di Emilio Isgrò

Translated title of the contribution: [Autom. eng. transl.] From literature to contemporary art: thoughts of an inexperienced on "Promessi sposi canceled for twenty-five readers and ten plague victims" by Emilio Isgrò
  • Michele Colombo*
  • *Corresponding author

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Abstract

The Promessi sposi cancellati per venticinque lettori e dieci appestati, made by conceptual artist Emilio Isgrò and first exposed in 2016, is both an artwork in itself and a means to understand Alessandro Manzoni’s novel in a new and unconventional way. Isgrò’s erasures of 35 copies of the 1840 edition of I promessi sposi prove to be a way of make words, and the absence of words, telling something unexpected.
Translated title of the contribution[Autom. eng. transl.] From literature to contemporary art: thoughts of an inexperienced on "Promessi sposi canceled for twenty-five readers and ten plague victims" by Emilio Isgrò
Original languageItalian
Title of host publicationRisonanze II. La memoria dei testi dal Medioevo a oggi
EditorsA. Giordano, R. Piro
Pages11-24
Number of pages14
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Emilio Isgrò
  • Manzoni
  • Promessi sposi
  • conceptual art

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