Ciprian Mureşan
Shredded Masaccio Book, 2012
Pencil on paper in wastepaper bin & video
45 x 58 x 58 cm, 4 minutes 33 seconds
Further images
‘Shredded Masaccio Book’, presents the shredded paper remains of a hand-drawn version of Ornella Casazza’s text on the Italian Renaissance painter Masaccio. Titled Masaccio: and the Brancacci Chapel and published...
‘Shredded Masaccio Book’, presents the shredded paper remains of a hand-drawn version of Ornella Casazza’s text on the Italian Renaissance painter Masaccio. Titled Masaccio: and the Brancacci Chapel and published by Scala/Riverside (1990), the Italian artist Masaccio died at the young age of 26, while Muresan’s pencil-drawn book likewise had a short life, remaining in tact only for the days that it took for the artist to complete its pages. Before deconstructing the book, Muresan documented its pages and converted them into the form of a video slideshow. Nonetheless, Muresan invites the individual who purchases the work to devote an extensive amount of his or her time to taping the paper fragments back together.
Exhibitions
Viva Arte Viva, curated by Christine Macel, 57th Venice Biennale, Italy, 2017‘Your survival is guaranteed by treaty’, The Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, 16 January - 22 March 2015
Wilkinson Gallery, London 22 November 2012 - 27 January 2013