Alessandra Acocella's 'Avanguardia diffusa' Maps Italian Experimental Art 1967-1970

Alessandra Acocella's book 'Avanguardia diffusa. Luoghi di sperimentazione artistica in Italia 1967-1970' reconstructs the network of temporary exhibitions and experimental art events in Italy between 1967 and 1970. Published by Quodlibet in collaboration with Fondazione Alessandro Passaré in Milan, the volume examines how artists appropriated non-traditional spaces to blur the boundaries between art and life. Key events analyzed include 'Parole sui muri' in Fiumalbo (1967-1968), 'Un paese + l'avanguardia artistica' in Anfo (1968), the VI Premio Masaccio in San Giovanni Valdarno (1968), and the unrealized 'Nuovo Paesaggio' for the Triennale del Grande Numero (1968). Later chapters cover the 8th Biennale di San Benedetto del Tronto (1969), 'Meno 31. Rapporto estetico per il Duemila' in Varese (1969), 'Campo Urbano' in Como (1969), and 'Interventi sulla città e sul paesaggio' in Zafferana Etnea (1970). The book also references 'Arte povera + astrazioni povere' in Amalfi and the critical rift caused by 'Impatto percettivo'. Acocella emphasizes the ephemeral nature of these interventions as a shift in art's function and ideology.