Order and Disorder: Alighiero Boetti by Afghan Women

by Christopher Bennett

Order and Disorder looks at the cross-cultural context and collaborative nature of Aligheiero Boetti's iconic artworks. The original, often large-scale works in his series Mappe (Maps), Tutto (Everything), and "squared word" were created in needle and thread by women in Afghanistan and in Pakistani refugee camps following the Soviet invasion in 1979, under the direction of Boetti (1940-1994).

Photographs of the artworks and of Afghan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0977834484
• ISBN13: 9780977834488
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.1" x 10.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher