Concrete Metaphysics takes the reader on a fascinating, unusual and metaphysical journey through Italy. Metaphysics is concerned with what lies beyond the physical universe we perceive. This can only be suggested through metaphors: here the camera creates them and, as the title suggests through an oxymoron, describes a concrete metaphysics. Black and white photographs, many on large-format film, show mysterious and unsettling places. These include the rationalist ideal city of Tresigallo, Burri's Gibellina cretto and the esoteric constructions of La Scarzuola and Bomarzo. Publisher: Contrasto 2024 Hardcover 29 x 24 cm 144 pages 101 duotone illustrations Italian/English texts ISBN 978-8869659751 Artist: Giovanni Maria Sacco Curator: Benedetta Donato Texts: Benedetta Donato, Flavia Concina, Giovanni Maria Sacco
