Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting

by Emily Braun

Published to accompany a major retrospective exhibition - the first in the United States in more than 35 years and the most comprehensive ever mounted - this title showcases the pioneering work of Italian artist Alberto Burri (1915-1995). Exploring the beauty and complexity of Burri's process-based works, the exhibition positions the artist as a central and singular protagonist of postwar art. Burri is best known for his series of Sacchi (sacks) made...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892075236
• ISBN13: 9780892075232
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Guggenheim Museum
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.8" x 11.5"