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The Artist's Signature in the Context of the happening

Joseph Pascali fecit anno in Pino Pascali’s Requiescat in Pace Corradinus at the Subject Exhibition of the La Salita Gallery

Martina Rossi    Sapienza Università di Roma, Italia    

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Pino Pascali’s Requiescat in Pace Corradinus is a happening that took place on 22nd July 1965 in the castle of Torre Astura, in the frame of an exhibition promoted by La Salita gallery (Rome). The artist performed a funeral rite in a crypt, in front of a ‘fake’ monument – that he made– in memoriam of Conradin of Swabia. Here his own signature is present as an inscription: Joseph Pascali fecit anno. This happening – one of the first example in Italy – constitutes a significant case study that consents us to focus on what happen to the signature during a phase of radical mutation of the artistic media.

Published
Dec. 20, 2017
Submitted
July 17, 2017
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IT

Keywords: Requiescat in Pace Corradinus • Pino Pascali • Galleria La Salita • Torre Astura • Happening

permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/2385-2720/VA-26-17-15

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