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a book on pierre restany on september 11, 2004 at the biennale in venice friends of pierre restany (among them stefano casciani, alessandro mendini and lisa licitra ponti) presented a book on the art critic, artist and writer who from the sixties was much more than a distinguished and passionate collaborator for the italian magazine ‘domus’. for more than 40 years he helped shape its view of the world. see the article ‘ homage to pierre restany, critic of the modern age’ http://www.domusweb.it this volume, edited by domus, and edited by stefano casciani remembers the famous intellectual and one of the magazine’s greatest spokespersons. the book contains an anthology of his writings, exclusive images from the domus archives as well as contributions from artists, architects and designers who bear witness to restany’s teaching and friendship. casciani said ‘ it should help to retrace his countless activities as a writer and organiser, both as ideologue and activist, of artistic movements, and to understand his personal and intellectual life’. --- pierre restany was born in 1930. after a childhood spent in morocco, he pursued his university studies in france, italy and ireland. restany was a passionate and enormously influential critic and curator. from 1985, he directed the quarterly magazine ‘d'ars’. author of countless publications, including the first monograph on yves Klein, he was also involved with many important art institutions. he served as president of the palais de tokyo, paris's radical centre for the contemporary arts, he was jury president for UNESCO, president of the artistic committee for ‘open - the annual exhibition of contemporary sculpture’ held at the venice lido and was on the committee of a number of art biennales, including venice (1999), shanghai (2000). havana (2000) and istanbul (2001). pierre restany died in may 2003 in paris aged 72. -- pierre restany - the critic that was an artist editoriale domus, 2003 italian/english available through the domus website http://www.domusweb.it	pierre restany © domus magazine restany’s favourite work ‘l’origine du monde’ by marcel duchamp pierre restany’s signature
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