Sara Marini's monograph on Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo
Sara Marini's book "Sull'autore. Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo e le sue foreste di cristallo" (Quodlibet, July 2017) examines the work of Italian architect Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo. Grasso Cannizzo, based in Ragusa, has received multiple awards including the Mies van der Rohe Award nomination, two RIBA Awards/EU, and the Medaglia d'Oro alla Carriera. In 2016, she received a Special Mention at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by Alejandro Aravena, for her installation "Onore Perduto." Marini's monograph analyzes eight works—four houses and four installations—through four "implicit theories": "Senza lingua," "Costruire eredità," "Risarcimenti," and "Artifici." The book explores themes of authorship, temporality, and the relationship between architecture and art, emphasizing Grasso Cannizzo's focus on small-scale interventions and the transformation of void into habitable space.
Key facts
- Sara Marini authored the book "Sull'autore. Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo e le sue foreste di cristallo" published by Quodlibet in July 2017.
- Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo is an Italian architect based in Ragusa.
- Grasso Cannizzo was nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award and won the RIBA Awards/EU twice.
- She received the Medaglia d'Oro alla Carriera and a Special Mention at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale (2016) for "Onore Perduto."
- The book examines eight works: four houses and four installations.
- Marini identifies four implicit theories in Grasso Cannizzo's work: "Senza lingua," "Costruire eredità," "Risarcimenti," and "Artifici."
- The monograph discusses authorship, temporality, and the boundary between architecture and art.
- Grasso Cannizzo's work focuses on small-scale interventions and transforming voids into habitable space.
Entities
Artists
- Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo
- Sara Marini
- Alejandro Aravena
Institutions
- Quodlibet
- RIBA
- Venice Architecture Biennale
- Mies van der Rohe Award
Locations
- Ragusa
- Italy
- Venice
- Macerata