Lo Zodiaco, 2018.
Il 4 aprile del 1970 a Roma inaugura alla galleria L'Attico la seconda personale di Gino De Dominicis intitolata Lo Zodiaco. La mostra è concepita dall'artista come un tableau vivant: i dodici segni zodiacali, rappresentati da manufatti, essere umani o animali reali (gran parte dei quali vivi) sono disposti a semicerchio e presentati al pubblico per cinque giorni. Fausto Giaccone, agli esordi della sua carriera di fotografo, realizza un servizio fotografico che documenta l'opera attraverso il passaggio dei visitatori e dello stesso artista.
(dal testo di presentazione del libro)
On April 4th,1970, Gino De Dominicis second solo show opened at the gallery L'Attico in Rome: it was titled Lo Zodiaco (The Zodiac).
The artist conceived the exhibition as a tableau vivant where the twelve zodiac signs, embodied by inanimate objects, human characters or real animals (most of them alive) faced the public standing in semicircular formation for five days. Fausto Giaccone, at that time at the outset of his career as a photographer, realized a unique photoshoot that documents De Dominicis' show following the passing of the visitors and of the artist himself through the gallery space.
(from the book presentation text)
(dal testo di presentazione del libro)
On April 4th,1970, Gino De Dominicis second solo show opened at the gallery L'Attico in Rome: it was titled Lo Zodiaco (The Zodiac).
The artist conceived the exhibition as a tableau vivant where the twelve zodiac signs, embodied by inanimate objects, human characters or real animals (most of them alive) faced the public standing in semicircular formation for five days. Fausto Giaccone, at that time at the outset of his career as a photographer, realized a unique photoshoot that documents De Dominicis' show following the passing of the visitors and of the artist himself through the gallery space.
(from the book presentation text)
