Lucrezia Longobardi's '15 ipotesi' Analyzes 2010s Italian Art
In her 2022 publication, '15 Hypotheses for a History of Contemporary Art: Notes for Reading the 21st Century,' released by Castelvecchi Editore, Lucrezia Longobardi analyzes the transformation within the Italian art sector during the 2010s. She observes a pivotal shift in perception, where art began to be regarded as a tool for societal engagement rather than merely a form of personal expression. Longobardi emphasizes the growing disconnect between artists and the traditional art market, allowing for genuine exploration. Notably, she references Francis Alÿs’s 'Reel-Unreel' (2012) as emblematic of this movement toward communal practices over established theories.
Key facts
- Lucrezia Longobardi authored '15 ipotesi per una storia dell’arte contemporanea. Appunti per una lettura del XXI secolo'
- The book was published by Castelvecchi Editore in Rome in 2022
- It has 252 pages and costs €20
- Longobardi argues Italian art of the 2010s shifted from expression to intervention
- Artists left galleries and bourgeois collecting circles
- The decade saw an unprecedented distance between artists and the art system
- Francis Alÿs's 'Reel-Unreel' (2012) for Documenta 13 in Kabul is cited as emblematic
- Longobardi was born in 1991 in the province of Naples
- She graduated from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli in Graphic Art
- The book is part of the Fuoriuscita series
Entities
Artists
- Lucrezia Longobardi
- Francis Alÿs
Institutions
- Castelvecchi Editore
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
- Documenta 13
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Kabul
- Afghanistan
- Naples