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Vittorio Santoro
Rhinocéros/Bérenger

The reference of this project is to be found in the artist’s renewed interest in the play Rhinocéros (1959) by Eugène Ionesco. This interest was activated by the current polarized social and political climate. The publication will contain images of the featured works in the exhibition, conceived in the last four years, as well as archive and research material that triggered the conception of them, such as the play itself, the seminal book “Psychologie des foules (The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind)” (Paris, 1895) by Gustave Le Bon and quotes from current newspapers and magazines. It includes a text by Rebecca Geldard dealing on the main issues of the show.

30 CHF
+ 2 CH
+ 5 EU
+ 7 WORLD

Vittorio Santoro, Rhinocéros/Bérenger; Hardcover, various folded sheets, images in colour ; Text by Rebecca Geldard (E/D); 230 x 305 mm; 400 copies (the first ten copies are signed and numbered by the artist); Published on the occasion of Vittorio Santoro’s exhibition at Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover; 2022

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Vittorio Santoro

Vittorio Santoro lives and works in Paris and Zurich. In 2017, he was nominated for the Prix Marcel Duchamp. His work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions, including Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover (2022); Kunstmuseum Luzern (2020); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2017); Museum of Contemporary Art, MoCA Pavilion, Shanghai (2015); Kunsthaus Zürich (2015); Fondation Ricard, Paris (2012) Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2011); and Tate Modern, London (2007).