Venezia Arti Journal of the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Journal | Venezia Arti
Monographic journal issue | 26 | 2017
Research Article | The Artist's Signature in the Context of the happening

The Artist's Signature in the Context of the happening

Joseph Pascali fecit anno in Pino Pascali’s Requiescat in Pace Corradinus at the Subject Exhibition of the La Salita Gallery

Abstract

Pino Pascali’s Requiescat in Pace Corradinus is a happening that took place on 22nd July 1965 in the castle of Torre Astura, in the frame of an exhibition promoted by La Salita gallery (Rome). The artist performed a funeral rite in a crypt, in front of a ‘fake’ monument – that he made– in memoriam of Conradin of Swabia. Here his own signature is present as an inscription: Joseph Pascali fecit anno. This happening – one of the first example in Italy – constitutes a significant case study that consents us to focus on what happen to the signature during a phase of radical mutation of the artistic media.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: July 17, 2017 | Published Dec. 20, 2017 | Language: it

Keywords Pino PascaliTorre AsturaRequiescat in Pace CorradinusGalleria La SalitaHappening


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