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The project addresses important aspects which recur – some directly, others obliquely – in Emilio Prini’s practice throughout his career, especially from 1967 onwards. Its title is a citation of Prini’s 1975 exhibition at Galleria Franco Toselli, Milan, Mostro – Una Esposizione di oggetti non fatti non scelti non presentati da Emilio Prini, which consisted of a vitrine of objects to which the artist claimed total extraneity. In response to Germano Celant’s appeal for a guerrilla art that resisted dialogue with social and cultural systems, Prini created work centred upon experiential immediacy …