Abstract

The exhibition organized by Germano Celant titled "Post-Zang Tumb Tuum. Art life politics. Italy 1918-1943" in Milan embraces a historical period from the end of the Great War to the end of the Fascist regime. Important is the role recognized to photography as an anthropological proof of the arts and of the artist's production as it has allowed the many reconstruc The exhibition organized by Germano Celant titled "Post-Zang Tumb Tuum. Art life politics. Italy 1918-1943" in Milan embraces a historical period from the end of the Great War to the end of the Fascist regime. Important is the role recognized to photography as an anthropological proof of the arts and of the artist's production as it has allowed the many reconstructions of the places of origin where the works were exhibited. The article reviews the different exhibitions held in Italy and not during this period, from trade union exhibition, through the biennale of Venice, the triennale of Milan and the quadriennale of Rome, until the last one of the E42 a few months before the end of fascism.