Martin Creed, artful Dodger: known for his defiantly literal objects and gently mocking humor, the British artist conjured up an unexpectedly complex and distinctly moody installation in the heart of Milan.
From: Art in America
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Date: 9/1/2006
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Author: Vetrocq, Marcia E.
Milan's charmless Palazzo dell'Arengario is one of the twin pavilions that flank the via Marconi entrance to the Piazza del Duomo, establishing a transverse Ks across the cathedral's lacey facade to the arcaded opening of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele. The severely geometric palazzo, with its leg-numbing exterior stairway and dictator-ready terrace overlooking the piazza, was built as an exhibition venue by the show-loving Fascist government in 1940. Appreciated today chiefly for ...
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