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Explaining the complex ideas behind Luciano Fabro's work, this text also illustrates many of his sculptures made between the 1960s and the present day. His subject matter ranges widely, drawing on mythology, science, history and philosophy, in works that are multi-layered in their references.

A member of the Arte Povera group, Luciano Fabro used simple materials from everyday life in his sculptural works as well as valuable classical material such as marble, bronze or Murano glass. In the same way he understood how to join a simple sheet of paper, a copper pole or a twine of ivy into delicate, poignant forms and make of them a new vocabulary.In the formal diversity of his work, drawings assumed a special status. They were for Fabro, as for other artists of his generation, a significant conceptual tool. However, he didn't sell his drawings but gave them away, so that the examples shown in this book have been unavailable to the public till now.Those from the estate of Johannes Gachnang, a close friend of Fabro's, as well as the drawings derived from the artist's family holdings show an astonishing complexity in which the thoughtful, but also poetic and humorous nature of Fabro finds expression.

Actes d'un colloque organisé à l'Ecole des Beaux Arts de Lyon en 2007. Cet ouvrage réunit un ensemble de contributions qui se proposent d'étudier la portée de l'oeuvre et de l'engagement de Luciano Fabro dans la perspective de l'art actuel. À la lumière précise de son travail, critiques, historiens de l'art, artistes et commissaires qui ont souvent croisé sa route - mais aussi des doctorants de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales et de jeunes artistes diplômés de l'École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon - se sont réunis pour réfléchir ensemble à la question de l'autonomie de l'artiste. Maintenir théorie et pratique en état constant d'alerte et d'alimentation mutuelle est un des principes fondateurs de ce livre.