Output details
34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
Courtauld Institute of Art
Chapter title
Il mito del Vinavil
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
Electa
Book title
Il confine evanescente
ISBN of book
978-8837066239
Year of publication
2010
URL
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Number of additional authors
-
Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This essay traces the development of post-war II Italian artistic production in relation to the use of ‘Vinavil’, a very basic, inexpensive and versatile PVA-based glue. The medium’s unusually creative, manifold applications are shown to be a phenomenon specific to Italian art making, and possible motivations as well as aesthetic effects are discussed. Emphasis is given to the works of Alberto Burri, Toti Scialoja, Afro, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Enrico Castellani, Agostino Bonalumi, Cy Twombly, Piero Dorazio, Giuseppe Uncini, Mimmo Rotella, Mario Schifano, Gilberto Zorio, Piero Gilardi, Mimmo Paladino and Sandro Chia, as well as other selected contemporary artists.
