Item Number: 126981 Title: PAOLO ULIAN : l'essenza e l'eccesso. essence and excess Author: Price: Not Available ISBN: 9788875704018 Description: Mantova: Corraini, 2013. 21cm., pbk., 21pp., 38pp. plates, prof. illus., most in color. Italian-English text. Exhibition held at Cascina Cuccagna, Milan. Summary: The book collects drawings of a series of products that represent the excesses of a superficial and uncritical consumerism, excesses to which we have become irresponsibly addicted over the past fifty years, changing our planet’s environment. These products are all things that we could easily do without, but the production system, spurred on by advertising, has managed to convert them into products that are absolutely indispensible for mankind. In Paolo Ulian’s drawings, these products, for example, a bottle of weed killer, are put next to essential objects, in this case, a small hoe, which has the same function as the weed killer, but is healthier from all points of view, therefore creating pairs for functional analogy and ethical contrast; one product expressing the excesses of consumerism, and another expressing the essence. (Design e designers) We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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