Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Rome - open painting. The material picture in Italy in the 1950s and 1960s, at the ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, April 5 - August 24, 2008.
Text in English, German and Italian.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The revolution of material painting : an invasion of the arts into reality / Peter Weibel -- Idioms of material language in Italian art / Klaus Wolbert -- Poly-material art (towards a collective art?) / Enrico Prampolini