A vivid survey of Italian artist Paola Pivi’s wildly imaginative practice, this monograph charts her world of playful impossibilities—posing feathered polar bears, zebras in arctic snowscapes, rotating airplanes, and other familiar objects flipped in scale, material, and context. Essays and extensive images trace three decades of work across sculpture, installation, performance, photography, and video, revealing how Pivi’s humor and wonder unsettle our sense of what’s real—and why it matters.
Designed and published with Perrotin, the book places Pivi’s signature animal protagonists and spectacular interventions in critical context, with texts by leading curators and a wealth of full-colour plates—an essential reference for fans of bold contemporary art.
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