Conceived entirely by the artist for his solo exhibition at MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts, the volume documents Thomas Hirschhorn's research on Pixel-Collage, a cycle of works realised between 2015 and 2017. The control of images, their authentication as facts and the possibility of making visible portions of reality removed from our gaze through pixelation are the central themes. Recombining advertising photographs with images of mutilated bodies, the cycle stimulates a cultural and political reflection on what is made public and what is concealed or censored: Hirschhorn pixelates capitalism and consumerism and de-pixelates the most dramatic reality. A section is dedicated to research materials and sources, including paintings, advertising and reportage images, books and short texts, together with installation views.