Rudolf Stingel
Instructions
Milan, Italy: Massimo De Carlo, 1989
24 pp., 21 x 15 cm., softcover
Edition size unknown
Published in conjunction of the third solo show of Rudolf Stingel, held at Galleria Massimo De Carlo, this slim pamphlet provides precise step-by-step instructions - in six languages - on how to create a Stingel abstract painting.
"Stingel's feat was to reverse Walter Benjamin's theory [that authenticity and authorship are lost in mechanical reproduction], creating a chance to teach the mechanics of producing the aura of his artworks. He erased the very idea of the copy because every painting, following his instructions, would have come out as a true original.”
- Francesco Bonami
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