The collection XXIX – Spirits of Internationalism: 6 European Collections 1956-1986
(c)image: MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation, Rocco Ricci
Corpo d'aria [Body of Air], 1959-1960
Object
, 5 x 42.7 x 12.3 cm, 1.5 x 1.5 x 20 cm, 41.5 x 11 cm
metal, plastic, rubber, whip, paper
Corpo d’aria is a series of 45 pneumatic sculptures that Manzoni began in 1959. The purchaser would pay 30,000 liras for a balloon, a box and a description, together with a certificate of authenticity. The purchaser could also decide if they wanted to preserve Manzoni’s breath inside the balloon or not.