A Work Will Be Shown: Artist’s Invitations and Announcements, 1960-2020

For decades, Italian artist Maurizio Nannucci has preserved exhibition invitation cards. The collection comprises both invitations and announcements from artists whose approaches to art are close to his own. Yet many also come from wider circles of artist friends, colleagues, galleries, and museums, allowing a chronology of relationships and information exchanges to emerge. The selection in this volume makes visible how this kind of communication—often conceived by the artists themselves—superimposes the purely informative value of the printed matter with the freedom of artistic expression; evidence of a holistic practice where such cards can become artworks in their own right. Organized in twelve categories, drawing attention to different aspects of creative expres­sion, semiotics and aesthetics of this medium to transmit artists' original ideas and projects, the structure of the book becomes a kind of meta-text, complementing the personal narrative that underlies Nannucci’s investigation and curation. Includes essays by Gabriele Detterer and Emanuele De Donno. Designed by Studio Viaindustriae, 2025 Published by Viaindustriae Softcover, 360 pages, b&w, 4.14 × 7.09 inches ISBN: 979-1-28-179030-8