A polyphonic examination of the Italian artist's project for the Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato, the largest display of the artist Diego Marcon artworks in an Italian institution, reviewing some of the central themes of Diego Marcon’s research.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name, designed by Diego Marcon for the spaces of the Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato, curated by Stefano Collicelli Cagol and Elena Magini, Glassa brings together five essays that explore the exhibition from as many points of view, thus investigating diverse aspects of the artist's working methodology. Themes such as the display, special effects, ceramic sculptures, the community of people brought together through his work, and his relationship with cinema provide the input through which to view this exhibition project as part of Marcon's many years of research. The volume is further enhanced by a visual essay of photographs and other documentation produced by the artist.
Diego Marcon (born 1985 in Busto Arsizio, Italy, lives and works in Paris) is a visual artist working mostly with film and video. His work is exhibited internationally (MADRE Museum, Naples, Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; FID Marseille, Marseille; Fondazione Prada, Milan; Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore; La Triennale di Milano, Milan, MAXXI Museum, Rome; Centre international d'art et du paysage, Vassivière; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris...). In 2018, Marcon won the Foundation Hernaux Sculpture Award and the MAXXI Bulgari Prize 2018. His films have been screened in film festival including the International Rotterdam Film Festival, Cinéma du Réel, Paris, Courtisane, Gent, BFI, London, and doclisboa, Lisbon.
Edited by Stefano Collicelli Cagol and Elena Magini.
Texts by Stefano Collicelli Cagol, Michele D’Aurizio, Giorgio Di Domenico, Elena Magini, Julia Marchand.
