Contemporary art

«Nel Paese più bello del mondo ci sono moltissime località meravigliose, così tante che non si contano. Così tante che non è facile mettersi d’accordo sul loro numero esatto, né tanto meno sul conto delle meraviglie. Del resto, è nella natura delle cose nutrire incertezze e avere sempre un piccolo buco da riempire». La forma spezzata è un’opera d’arte in forma di libro. Una fiaba, inventata, scritta e disegnata da un artista contemporaneo.

Inizia a Malo, nei pressi di Vicenza, l’avventura gloriosa di Giobatta Meneguzzo (Priabona, 1928 - Malo, 2021). Geometra di professione, esordisce partecipando al processo di rinnovamento del centro urbano del suo paese. Con i primi guadagni si dedica alla raccolta di libri d’arte e alla collezione di opere d’arte contemporanea. Nel 1969, su progetto di Giò Ponti e con interni di Nanda Vigo, realizza la sua futuristica casa «Lo scarabeo sotto la foglia»

Aperçues è la parola chiave che intitola la pubblicazione, un progetto d’artista concepito da Nina Carini, esponente della giovane generazione artistica italiana, per documentare la propria ricerca. Tratta dall’omonimo libro di Georges Didi-Huberman, Aperçues apre alla dimensione delle immagini intraviste, a ciò che appare e velocemente scompare, lasciando in realtà tracce e frammenti di emozioni e pensieri.

Acque chete è un viaggio nella sua ricerca concettuale e al tempo stesso ironica. Le venti opere pubblicate in questo catalogo, illustrate nelle tavole a colori attraverso vedute d’insieme e particolari, sono datate dal 1987 a oggi e comprendono l’inedito Nel ventre della balena. Sono le opere esposte in Acque Chete, la mostra personale concepita dall’artista per le sale dell’Acquario Civico di Milano.

This volume is dedicated to Luci d'Artista, the City of Turin's public art project, which was born in 1998 out of the conviction that contemporary art should contribute to the common good and inhabit the city's streets, squares and buildings. Today Luci d'artista is a collection of thirty-six works of light that transform the city into an open-air museum every year at night.

Il lavoro di Pedro Reyes segue un doppio percorso, affrontando l'arte sia come ricerca estetica che come pratica sociale: due prospettive apparentemente opposte, la prima sviluppata attraverso lo strumento della scultura, la seconda con strategie concettuali e partecipative. Questo libro presenta...

Peter Halley è noto per la sua pittura geometrica che allude agli spazi sociali del tardo capitalismo e alla loro dimensione di confinamento, isolamento e reclusione. Le forme della “cella” e del “condotto”, adottate negli anni ottanta e tuttora alla base del suo lavoro, rimandano alle strutture...

The most imitated guide to the art of our times. Updated thirteenth edition
In this famous guide to art from the post-war period to the present, Angela Vettese brings order to half a century of research, creating a clear handbook, the first and most widely appreciated.

An indestructible longing for the marvellous
This book is a series of meetings told in the manner of an autobiography but also a critical reading of art. There are numerous revelations about the hidden workings of the art world, about gallery life and about continual discoveries.

A family chronicle in two registers against the background of the art of the 20th century. The voice of the female protagonist tells of events in a context dominated by men and astonished by the sudden irruption of an exceptional, uninhibited woman, capable of radical choices both in her personal...

The contemporary neo-classicist who defied the avantgarde

Carlo Maria Mariani has lived and worked in New York for decades: after a difficult beginning, after initially working on sacred art in the 1960s, he returned to classical themes in the 1970s, to what is “more real than real”, to hyperrealism and then to the final affirmation of a figurative style, drawwing inspiration from classical themes and rules.

Imagination, innovation and tradition

Giampaolo Bertozzi and Stefano Dal Monte Casoni are artists who have chosen to give form to their imagination with ceramics.

Pasolini at Matera, as told by an exhibition

The ancient history and deep roots of this haunting, cliffside town so similar to parts of Palestine, made a deep impression on Pasolini, one of the greatest intellectuals of 20th-century Italy, and his masterpiece changed its image and its destiny.

The surrealism of a Milanese artist

It is well known that freedom comes at a high price, even in art, which is a microcosm that only seems to be open, tolerant, and independent. Chiarini Boddi, albeit completely of his time, instead of adapting to stylistic shortcuts, has always conducted a dialogue with new avant-gardes and trends.

From the second futurism to spatialism: an Artist in search of the sign

“Truly, there are very few artists who merit the abused title of master. Because art is no longer artisanal work. It is sometimes a factory where creativity is mass produced, an assembly-chain pop product in the manner of Andy Warhol, then, and now in the works of Jeff Koons, but no longer a space for the transmission of techniques and knowledge.

The Rise and Fall of King Paintin

The astonishing adventures, rise and fall of King Paintin', a visual artist who combines Art with Ethics, at a time when such mix leaves people cold. This all happens behind the scenes of the Italian art system, a microcosm, an aristocratic circle in which one can find all one needs: social status, success, love and money.

The contradictions of beauty

Chiara Dynys is an extraordinary artist who uses her exuberant talent to reveal what is hidden behind “beauty” in the standardisation of art, allowing her uncontainable creativity to give each of her works spectacular emphasis.

Echaurren's “mural question”

Pablo Echaurren's art was created to speak to the public. He does it without any barriers, experimenting with every possible form of expression; he uses signs, writing, stencil, lettering and words as common language...

The silent search for the sublime in painting

Mario Surbone belongs to the group of solitary artists who, moving autonomously from the lessons of Fontana and then of the “Azimuth” group, work not only on canvas but with the canvas.

Metallic fish and other animals by a jocular artist

Ironic, playful, dreamy, and paradoxical, the sculpture, painting, design, and writing creations of this original artist-artisan, a highly skilled manipulator of metal, have an unmistakable mark that has attracted the attention of admirers such as Gillo Dorfles, Francesco de Bartolomeis, Martina Corgnati, Sebastiano Vassalli, and many others.

A gifted artist, perennially inventive, whirling like his dervishes

Aldo Mondino (1938-2005) was one of the most brilliant Italian artists of the post-war period. His talent was eclectic, irreverent and imaginative.

De Dominicis: the essential monograph expanded with new documents

The reference work on a brilliant, charismatic, and mysterious artist. Forty essays, half of them unpublished, by authors including Jean-Christophe Ammann, Renato Barilli, Achille Bonito Oliva, Norman Bryson, Daniel Buren, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Creighton Gilbert, Anselm Kiefer, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis Kounellis