THE NATURAL HISTORY OF VEDOVAMAZZEI by Mirta D'Argenzio daisycollingridge The publication follows an exhibition

The publication follows an exhibition of the work at the MACRO in Rome and precedes a major presentation in the US at MASS MoCA in 2018

Abbott memorialised communities up and down the East Coast

With a one in twenty chance of not making it to the other side alive

How else should they behave in a world deprived of reason

street scenes taken in London's East End

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF VEDOVAMAZZEI by Mirta D'Argenzio daisycollingridge The publication follows an exhibitionThe evolution of ideas from artists Stella Scala and Simeone Crispino who make up Vedovamazzei, have been tracked and analysed in an almost scientific classification by curator Mirta D'Argenzio. It is a rare insight into the creative process of this artist duo, with notes, sketches and doodles presented in a dazzling display. Classification and qualification seem almost to be the enemy of artistic endeavour. Yet in The Natural History of Vedovamazzei