MACLEAN Illustrated 12-11-2015

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Howard Rodger MacLean

Professional translator of the Fine Arts

from Italian into English

address:

Viale Piave, 16

20129 Milano (Italy)

tel.: 02/79.80.83

e-mail: [email protected]

A compendium of the most important books, catalogues and articles translated

by me in the fields of the Fine Arts, Architecture, Design and Photography.

All translations for non-specific publications have not been listed.

1979: Testuale. Critical texts by Flavio Caroli (Signs and the Unconscious. Notes for an

Anthropology of the Imaginary) and Luciano Caramel (not translated). Rotonda della

Besana exhibition catalogue published by the Comune di Milano and Mazzotta, Milan;

Italy and Japan - Art in the Last Ten Decades. Critical text by Jole de Sanna (A

Concise History of Twentieth-Century Italian Art : The line as it is composed ; What

is modern and what is reactionary - what is art: 1919-1933?; The function of the

avant-garde; and Art. Exhibition catalogue published by the Osaka National Museum of Art,

Japan;

New Context by Flavio Caroli. Published in Quaderni/2 by Studio Marconi, Milan;

Guillermo Roux – The Dream Runs On. Critical text by Giorgio Soavi treating

recent works by the artist. Published by Olivetti, Ivrea;

Graham Sutherland by Roberto Sanesi, monograph published by the Centro d'Arte

Zarathustra, Milan;

Franco Vaccari: The tortuous and opaque movement of sense. Published in ‘Studio

Marconi’, nos. 8/9, Studio Marconi, Milan;

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Henry Moore. Critical text by Giuseppe Marchiori (The vital process in the work

of Henry Moore). Published by Vanessa Edizioni d'Arte, Milan;

Alberto Burri – Form and Inform. An excerpt from the book by Flavio Caroli

published by Mazzota & Studio Marconi, Milan. Published in ‘Studio Marconi’,

no. 11;

Umberto Pettinicchio. Presentation by Roberto Sanesi. Critical anthology by

D. Cara, G.C. Fusco, C. Munari, V. Apuleo, R. De Grada and G. Seveso.

Published by Laboratorio delle Arte, Milan;

Joe Tilson. Critical texts by Michael Compton (Joe Tilson) and Gillo Dorfles.

Published by Vanessa Edizioni d’Arte, Milan;

New Context by Flavio Caroli. Published in ‘Studio Marconi’, no. 12, by Studio

Marconi, Milan;

Ernesto Treccani by Francesco De Bartolomeis. Monograph published by Edizione Brixia,

Milan;

Enrico Baj. Critical text by Enrico Baj (Autodame), published by Vanessa Edizioni

d'Arte, Milan;

A New Catalogue of the “Archeological” Etchings by Gianfrancesco Costa. Text by

Rainer.M. Mason, in "Print Collector", vol. II, no. 41. Published by Salamon & Agustoni

Editori, Milan.

1980: Nuova Immagine, edited by Flavio Caroli. Critical texts by Flavio Caroli (“Before

the Flood” and New Context). Interventions by: Giovanni Maria Accame (Noticing,

Transiting through the Senses), Flaminio Gualdoni (For a Plural Art), Marcelin

Pleynet (The Painting of Today) and Marisa Vescovo (Inthe Name of the Son).

Situations by: Claudio Cerritelli (On the Recent Artistic Situation in Bologna), Anna D’Elia

(The Game of Sisyphus), Demetrio Paparoni (Actuality in the Well of Art) and Loredana

Parmesani (Artistic Work: Between Repetition and Suspended Utopia). Published by Regione

Lombardia/Mazzotta, Milan;

Lucio Fontana. Critical text by Roberto Sanesi (Lucio Fontana: Paragraphs).

Exhibition catalogue published by Edizione Galleria Il Mappamondo, Milan;

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Maria Nordman. Critical text by Germano Celant (Urban Nature: The Work of

Maria Nordman). Published in "Art Forum" (March number), New York;

Petros - Ambiguous Utopia, critical text by Roberto Sanesi. Exhibition catalogue published by

the Brooks Jackson Gallery Iolas, New York.

1981: Enciclopedia – The Primary Magical in Europe. Critical text by Flavio Caroli (The

primary-magical; Totality and indications; The black wall; Madnormality; After

‘horizontality’ the new pyramidalism; The “avant-garde”; Inside the black

pyramid; The gnosiological problem; The ethical problem; The aesthetic problem;

Nomadic aggregation; The black aura; Freud and Jung; and Progress and oblivion.

Exhibition held at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Modena. Catalogue published by the Comune di

Modena;

The Piazzas of the Memory/Format Effect. Photographs by Nino Lo Duca.

Texts by Domenico Porzio and Ando Gilardi. Published by Edizioni Agrifoglio,

Milan;

Futurism and the Occult. Critical text by Germano Celant. Published in “Art

Forum” (January number), New York;

The Palazzo Comunale of Cremona and its Art Collections by Marco Tanzi (The

Palazzo Comunale: Architectonic Event and Figurative Testimony) and Andrea

Mosconi (The Violins of Palazzo Comunale). Published in the “Guide Electa”

series by Electa Editrice, Milan;

Viennese Architecture between the Wars – First split between form and content

of modernity. An essay by Friedrich Achleitner (The Viennese School of architecture;

Adolf Loos; Viennese mass housing; and Josef Frank and the Austrian Werkbund) in

"29 Lotus International", published by Electa, Magazine Division, Milan.

1982: Giacomo Balla. Critical text by Giovanni Lista: Giacomo Balla; Photographic

pagination and Divisionism; Adherence to Futurism; Iridescent interpenetrations;

The line of speed; Futurist dress; The plastic complexes; The stage and the

spectacle; The results of Futurist research; and The final Balla. Published by

Edizioni Galleria Fonte d'Abisso, Modena;

Emilio Scanavino by Roberto Sanesi. Published by Vanessa Edizioni d'Arte, Milan;

Mario Carrieri – Photographs: African Sculpture. PAC exhibition catalogue

with a preface by Emilio Tadini. Published by Mazzotta, Milan;

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Francesco d'Assisi. Brochure summary of the exhibitions in Umbria for the VIII

Centenary: Francis of Assisi – Exhibitions for the VIII Centenary: Assisi: History

and Art; Foligno: Miniatures; Narni: The Churches and Convents; Perugia: Documents

and Archives; and Todi: Codices and Libraries. Published by Electa, Milan;

Miguel Ybáñez. Critical texts by Henry Martin, Juan Antonio Aguirre and Miguel

Ybáñez (The introduction leaves human traces). Exhibition catalogue at the Galleria

Zarathustra/Palazzo Dugnani. Published by the Comune di Milano and the Galleria

Zarathustra, Milan;

The German Transavantgarde: Baselitzby-Immendorff-Kirkeby-Lüpertz-A.R.

Penck. Critical text by Achille Bonito Oliva. Exhibition catalogue published by the

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna of the Republic of San Marino;

Josef Hoffmann and the Wiener Werkstätte, texts by Daniele Baroni and Antonio D'Auria.

Italian Art. International Edition published by Electa, Milan;

1960-1982. Critical texts by Caroline Tisdall (From the spirit of inquiry to the

pleasure principle), Guido Ballo (The artistic climate of the Sixties), Vittorio

Fagone (Towards and beyond the new abstraction), Roberto Sanesi (The object,

the story), Renato Barilli (Arte povera, conceptual art, multimedia) and Flavio

Caroli (Latest developments). Exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery in London. Catalogue

published by the Arts Council & Electa International, London/Milan;

Spelt from Sibyl's Leaves. Explorations in Italian Art. Critical text by Luigi

Ballerini and Massimo Pesaresi (Exercise Before Death). Catalogue of the itinerant

exhibition of Italian Art in Australia. Volume published by Electa International,

Milan;

De Chirico verso Warhol. Critical text by Achille Bonito Oliva (Work in work).

Catalogue of the exhibition housed in the Campidoglio (Sala degli Orazi e Curiazi)

in Rome. Published by Electa, Milan;

Leonardesque Painters in Lombardy. Critical texts by Maria Teresa Fiorio (1.

Milan at the time of the arrival of Leonardo; 2) Leonardesque painters in

Lombardy: Sforza portraits; Leonardo’s workshop; The affirmation of

Leonardism; and Other followers of Leonardo; 3) Leonardesque influences

on sculpture; 4) The diffusion of Leonardism through copies; and 5)

Leonardesque itineraries). The catalogue is completed by an essay by Renzo Di Cagno

(Leonardo and the marks of his genius beyond the time of man). Volume published by the

Regione Lombardia, Milan.

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1983: Pietro Cascella. Critical text by Roberto Sanesi. Published by Vanessa Edizioni d'Arte, Milan;

Spoldi/Pardi/Tadini – ‘Studio Marconi Documenti’: Pardi (Diagonale) and

Tadini (Disordine in un corpo classico). Published by Studio Marconi, Milan;

Sardinian Artistic Handicrafts: Tradition and Innovation. Presentation by Vittorio

Fagone and texts by Luigi Lao. Published for I.S.O.L.A. (Sardinian Organisation for

Craft Work) by Silvana Editoriale, Milan;

Marinetti: face-voice-gesture by Carlo Belloli. Published by Edizioni d'Arte Zarathustra/Silvana

Editoriale, Milan;

7000 Years of Chinese Civilization - Chinese art and archaeology from the

Neolithic Period to the Han Dynasty. Other translations by the University of Venice

and by Dorothy Hay. Texts by various authors. Catalogue of the exhibition held at

Palazzo Ducale in Venice. Published by the Comune di Venezia/Silvana Editoriale,

Milan;

Industrial Archeology in Lombardy (vol. 2 – Milan and the Lower Po Plain).

Edited by A. Mioni, A. & M. Negri and O. Selvafolta. Texts by A. Mioni, A. & M.

Negri, O. Selvafolta, P. Brenni, R. Pavoni, S. Nardi, B. Cattaneo, D. Volonté and A.

Terzi. Published by Mediocredito Lombardo, Milan;

1984: The Carnival of Venice. Photographs by Alessandro Savella. Preface by Gianni

Granzotto. Texts by Nantas Salvalaggio (Nostalgia of Lost Carnivals) and Dino

Tonon (Arlecchino and Pulcinella: a meeting; The Carnival and Death; and

Tauromachy). Published by Amilcare Pizzi Editore, Milan;

Attraverso l'Architettura Futurista. Critical text by Enrico Crispolti: Itinerary

Through Futurist Architecture - Times, problems and Connections: 1) A definitive

confirmation and other questions; 2) The futurist prefiguration of the metropolis,

the ‘reconstructed’ environment, the 1910s: Sant’Elia, Chiattone, Prampolini,

Boccioni, Balla, Depero, Marchi; and 3) Futurist architecture between reality and

imagination, the Twenties-Forties: Balla, Depero, Prampolini, Pannaggi, Paladini, Sartori,

Crali, Fiorini, Fillia, Diulgheroff, Oriani, Rancati, De Giorgio, Poggi, Mosso and Mazzoni.

Volume published by Edizioni Galleria Fonte d Abisso, Modena;

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The Italian Landscape. Photographs by Pepi Merisio. Text by Giovanni Arpino

(To linger before a landscape, Ancient art in the landscape, Stones and volcanoes,

Mountains of the North, Rivers and lakes, The plains, Northern-Central

Appennines, Southern Appennines and the Islands, The Sea). Published by Silvana

Editoriale, Milan;

San Pietro di Modena - A Thousand Years of History and Art Texts by G. Spinelli,

P. Golinelli, V. Vandelli, L. Serchia, D. Benati, L. Peruzzi, F. Frisoni, R. Cremaschi

and C. Giovannini. Edition published by the Cassa di Risparmio di Modena/Amilcare

Pizzi, Milan;

Bruno Chersicla - forme e difforme, essay by Osvaldo Patani with supplementary

quotes from texts by L. Sinisgalli, G. Dorfles, Vigorelli, R. Carrieri, R. Sanesi, A.

Sala and T. Toniato. Published by Edizioni della Seggiola, Oggiono;

Ascoli and its Territory: Urban Structures and Settlements from the Origins to

the Present Day, edited by R. Rozzi and E. Sori with a presentation by A. Caracciolo..

Texts by V. Borzacchini, A. Monti and G. Troli. Photographs by G. Maroni. Published

by Silvana Editoriale (Milan) for the Banco di Santo Spirito of Ascoli Piceno;

Man Ray: General Catalogue of Graphic Work (vols. I and II) by Luciano

Anselmino and Bianca Maria Pilat. Published by Studio Marconi, Milan;

Italian Art 1960-80, critical text by Arturo Carlo Quintavalle (Traces of history) and

a preface by Thomas Messer. Works from the collection of the Banca Commerciale

Italiana (COMIT): permanent exhibition at the bank's branch office in New York.

Published by the Banca Commerciale Italiana (Milan) and Umberto Allemandi & C.

(Turin);

Armando Testa. Critical texts by Gillo Dorfles (Armando Testa:global visualiser;

Arturo Carlo Quintavalle (The “other part” of Armando Testa); and Donato

Mutarelli (Striking synthesis). PAC exhibition catalogue, published by Mazzotta,

Milan.

1985: Artecotta (Cooperativa Ceramica d'Imola). Preface by Gillo Dorfles and texts

by Del Pezzo, Coppola, Baj, Fabbri, Neuburg, Chin, R. Lee, Pardi, Pericoli,

Quintavalle, Sanesi, Spoldi and Tadini. Principal exhibition held at the Studio

Marconi, Milan. Volume published by Editrice Katà, Milan;

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Prampolini: 1913-1956. Critical text by Achille Bonito Oliva (“Prampolini” – to

Filiberto Menna who introduced me to Prampolini’s work). Exhibition catalogue

published by Edizioni Galleria Fonte d'Abisso, Modena;

The Art Collections of the Royal Library of Turin. Volume edited by Gianni Carlo

Sciolla. Translation of the volume by G.L. Zambardi Mall (illustration captions

translated by H. R. MacLean). Published by the Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino,

Turin;

Fortunato Duranti (1787-1863). Text by Osvaldo Patani (Visual References).

Exhibition curated by Silvana Bareggi. Catalogue published by the Galleria

Stanza del Borgo, Milan;

Pepi Merisio - Piazze d'Italia. Introductory essay by Carlo Bo (The Italian Square

and Man). Volume published by Silvana Editoriale, Milan;

Maps of Lombardy. Critical texts by Giovanni Liva and Mario Signori,

introduction by Giancarlo Vigorelli. Published by Mediocredito Lombardo,

Milan.

1986: The Masterpieces of Lombardy. Critical introduction by Rosalba Tardito. Published by

the Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde, Milan;

A city in the clouds (Milan Above). Photographs by Agostino Tazzini. Text by

Francesco Ogliari (From the Cathedral, In the Arcade, The Old Commune, On

the roofs, Art beneath the eaves, When the houses speak, Light and shadow on

the facades, The hours of the past, Devotional images, Our greener green, With

the old and the new and Cocktail of foreshortened images). Published by the Comune

di Milano and Silvana Editoriale, Milan;

Dario Fo, foreword by Emilio Tadini. Exhibition catalogue published by the Cortina

Art Gallery, Milan;

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Rotella - Décollages 1954-1964. Critical text by S. Hunter (Mimmo Rotella: An

American Perspective) and critical excerpts by L. Sinisgalli (The Poetic of the

Formless), C. Vivaldi (The Dialectic between Existence and Reality), N. Ponente

(To intensify the surface), E. Villa (We Shall Make Paintings With Everything),

P. Restany (Mimmo Rotella NouveauRéaliste, Images more Real then Myth and A

look at always coping with the situation), B. Alfieri ( The “Unrealism” of Rotella), M. Fagiolo

(A Divining Aesthetic Ability) and T. Trini (Décollage). Published by Electa, Milan, in

collaboration with Studio Marconi of Milan;

Pepi Merisio - Le città murate (Walled Towns). Photographs by Pepi Merisio, text

by Geno Pampaloni (A Faithful and Refound Age) and preface by Giulio Andreotti.

Published by Silvana Editoriale, Milan;

Commerce in Lombardy: An Historical Survey, edited by G. Taborelli. Essays by

G. Taborelli (The signs of the merchants), M. Milanesi (The cartographic

representation of the region from the Middle Ages to the Land Register of Maria

Theresa), L. Frangioni (The products of Lombardy: mass handicraft and prized

types of production), L.C. Mauri (The products of Lombardy: agricultural and

agro-alimentary production), F. Saba (The forms of exchange: the places of commerce in

Milan and The rural markets) and A. Veca (The parabola of goods from the rustic scene to

the still life). Published by Mediocredito Lombardo, Milan.

1987: Mariette Pathy Allen - Men as Women. Critical text by Roberta Valtorta (On

being a man – On being a woman). Exhibition catalogue published by the

Galleria Diaframma/Canon, Milan;

José De Guimareãs – Paper Sculptures 1986. Critical text by Gillo Dorfles.

Edition by the Galleria del Naviglio, Milan;

The Iconography of the Italian "Novecento" in the European Context by

Rossana Bossaglia. Published in "The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda

Arts 1875-1945", Miami (USA);

Internazionale d'Arte Contemporanea at the Milan Arts Trade Fair.

Biographical files of the artists by Elizabetta Longari, edited by Rossana Bossaglia.

Gallery files by Ivo Franchi, edited by Franco Torriani. Catalogue published by

Umberto Allemandi & C., Turin;

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Ambrogio Pozzi. Critical texts by Gillo Dorfles (Ambrogio Pozzi: A Designer

from Handicraft to Industry); Bruno Munari (Ambrogio Pozzi); Enrico Baj

(The Art, the Use and the System of Objects); Anty Pansera (Forms and

Materials under the Sign of Industrial Design); Paola Guidi (Ceramics, the

Designer and the Feeling); and Tiziana Dalpozzo (A Wilful Rationalism).

Faenza exhibition catalogue published by the Comune di Faenza/Electa (Milan);

Guide to San Gimignano by Enzo Carli and Jole Vichi Imperciadori. Published in

the "Artistic Guides" series by Electa, Milan;

Ferdinando Scianna: Feste Religiose in Sicilia. Photographs by Ferdinando

Scianna. Text by Leonardo Sciascia (A candle to the Saint, one to the Snake).

Volume published by L’Immagine Editrice, Palermo.

1988: Roberto Ciaccio - Evento e struttura, texts by Sanese, Baj, Cabutti, Bellasi, Caprile, Kemeny

and MacLean. Exhibition catalogue at the Mercato del Sale, Milan;

EXPO '88: Italian Section in Brisbane (Australia). Texts by Omar Calabrese

and general illustrative sections. Published by Electa, Milan;

Rocco Genovese – Sculptures, drawings and relief projects. Critical text by

Enrico Crispolti (His mythical Mediterranean simulacra). Catalogue of the

retrospective exhibition held at “La Salerniana”, Ex Convento di San Carlo,

Erice. Volume published by Electa, Milan;

XVII Milan Triennial - World Cities and the Future of the Metropoles:

Within and Without the Labyrinth of Language: the case of the metaphor

by Massimo Piattelli Palmarini; MIArt by Germano Celant; The Weak

Metropolis by Giuseppe Dematteis; Citizens without City by Marco Romano; and

Reflections on the New City by Cesare Macchi Cassia. Exhibition catalogues (two

volumes) published by Electa and the Triennale di Milano, Milan;

Edoardo Franceschini, critical text by Enrico Crispolti. Exhibition catalogue

published by the Galleria Arte Borgogna, Milan;

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Berggruen Collection. Musée d'art et d'histoire in Geneva. Texts by various

authors (Gary Tinterow: Heinz Berggruen collectionneur and John Rewald:

The Cézannes of the Berggruen Collection). Illustrated chapters treating: Cézanne,

Seurat, Bonnard, Braque, Dufy, Giacometti, Klee, Laurens, Matisse, Miró, Picasso

and Primitive Arts. Catalogue distributed by Nelson Press (London) and Electa

International (Milan). Published by the Fondation GenevArt/Electa;

Moreno Gentili: Milan Metropolis (perfect city). Critical text of the author's

photographs by Roberta Valtorta on the occasion of the Biennale Giovani 1988,

Bologna;

Franco Grignani – Le strutture simbiotiche. Text by Franco Grignani (New

symbiotic structures). Exhibition catalogue published by Lorenzelli Arte, Milan.

1989: Over-Ad’Art, 17 artists and works selected by Franco Scepi, texts by Marc Le Cannu

and A.C. Quintavalle. Exhibition held at the Galleria Gariboldi in Milan. Catalogue

published by Electa, Milan;

Edoardo Franceschini: A proposito di Ravel, with critical texts by Enrico Crispolti,

Emilio Tadini, Pierre Restany and Roberto Sanesi. Published by Nuova Prearo

Editore, Milan;

Ragione e trasgressione. Critical text by Giovanni Maria Accame (Reason and

transgression, the plurality of the form). Exhibition housed in the ex-Convento

di San Rocco in Carpi (Modena). Catalogue published by Electa, Milan;

Salvo Russo, monograph. Critical texts by Francesco Gallo and Marco Lorandi. Published by

Fabbri Editori, Milan;

Menéndez Rojas, critical texts by C. Benincasa, U. Eco, A. Masi and J. Pinya. Catalogue of

the exhibition held at Palazzo dei Diamanti (Ferrara). Published by Electa, Milan;

Marialba Russo – Epipanies (photographs 1980-1987). A monograph with an

introductory ‘letter’ by Alberto Moravia. Published in the series entitled

“Visibilia/Fotografia” by Electa, Milan;

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Giorgio Morandi Milton Glaser. Writings by Renzo Zorzi and P. G. Castagnoli.

Critical texts by Giorgio Soavi (Milton Glaser: the American friend), Milton

Glaser (Reflections on Morandi and Bologna) and Marilena Pasquali (The

adventure of a meeting: Milton Glaser and the sign of Giorgio Morandi).

Exhibitions held in Italy, at the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna "Giorgio

Morandi" in Bologna and at the Olivetti Cultural Relations Centre in Ivrea; and in the United

States at the Tavelli Gallery in Aspen, Colorado, on the occasion of the International Design

Conference. Catalogue published by Arnoldo Mondadori Arte/Olivetti, Milan;

Carmengloria Morales. Critical text by Filiberto Menna (A painting around an

idea). Exhibition catalogue respectively for Valentino Turchetto/Plurima (Milan),

Galleria Arco d'Alibert (Rome) and Galleria Peccolo (Leghorn);

Italian Art: Burri/Capogrossi/Dorazio/Novelli. Critical text by Filiberto Menna

Presentation by Giorgio Verzotti (and with notes by Vittorio Corna). Works from

the collection of the Banca Commerciale Italiana (COMIT): the permanent

exhibition in the bank's branch office in London. Published by the Banca

Commerciale Italiana (Milan)/Umberto Allemandi & C. (Turin);

Marzio Banfi: 1971-1989. Critical text by Franco Solmi. Exhibitions held at the

Centro San Vidal in Venice and then at the Galleria Interarte in Milan. Catalogue

published by Electa, Milan;

Mimmo Rotella: Lamiere. Introductory text by Achille Bonito Oliva (The Wheel

of Art). Critical texts 1959-1984: Emilio Villa (Décollages) ; G. Ballo Emulsified

canvases: Mec-Art); G. Joppolo (Artypo-Plastique), and P. Restany

(“Coperture”[Blanks] and Cinecittà). Catalogue published by Studio Marconi

(Milan) in collaboration with Castelli S.p.A. (Bologna);

Fortunato Depero in the Campari S.p.A. collection ("Art in Communication" series).

Texts by Aldo Colonetti (The artistic research of Fortunato Depero, and The three-

dimensional space in Depero’s graphic work). London exhibition catalogue published

by Campari S.p.A., Milan;

Baj - Disegni. Texts by Dan Cameron and Enrico Baj. Studio Marconi exhibition

catalogue published by Fabbri Editori, Milan;

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Diana Trionfatrice: Court Arts in Piedmont in the Seventeenth Century. Parco

del Valentino visitors' illustrative brochure of the exhibition, Room 1 to Room 10

(Diana Triumphant; The pictorial furnishing of the palace; The Court and its image;

The myth of classicism; The Savoy residences: Valentino and Venaria Reale; The

precious ornament; Painting and sculpture for the Court altars; and Biella, Vercelli

and Valsesia). Published by Allemandi & C., Turin;

Verso l’Arte Povera. Presentation by Mercedes Garberi with critical texts by

Marco Meneguzzo (Towards Arte Povera 1963-1969: The History between

Poetics and Strategy) and Paolo Thea (Arte Povera as Operation). PAC

exhibition catalogue published by Electa, Milan;

Mario Maioli with critical texts by Giovanni Klaus Koenig (Regarding Mario

Maioli) and Floriano De Santi (Planning as fantastic transformation). Studio

Marconi exhibition catalogue published by Fabbri Editori, Milan.

1990: Giorgio Morandi - Still Lifes. Critical texts by Paolo Baldacci and Philippe

Daverio. Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibitions held in

conjunction at the Philippe Daverio Galleries in New York and Milan. Gallery

edition, Milan;

Spinoccia : Crucifixion – Almost a fragment or a quotation?. A monograph with

texts by Rossana Bossaglia and Vincenzo Consolo. Published by D’Imperio Editore,

Novara;

Emilio Tadini - 'The Triptychs'. Introduction to the exhibition catalogue by Emilio

Tadini (Allegory and Refugees). Published by Studio Marconi, Milan;

Fornasetti: between Art Deco and Neo-Deco. Critical essay by Rossana Bossaglia

published in "Apollo Magazine", February number, London;

Taking the picture - photography and appropriation. Critical text by Manuela

Gandini. Exhibitions held respectively at the Leo Castelli Gallery (New York) and

at Gallery (Milan);

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L’Art de Cartier. Exhibition held at the Accademia Valentino in Rome. Portfolio

with an historical summary of the Company’s production (extracts of the Paris

Exhibition catalogue): The Splendour of the Second Empire; The Birth of

the Third Republic; The Garland Style; The Reign of Enamel; Universal

Curiosity; Art Deco; The Mysterious Pendula; The 1930's; and The 1940's and

1950's. Published by the Accademia Valentino (Rome) in collaboration with Muse s.r.l.

(Bologna);

RISK Magazine International no. 0, an interdisciplinary review of theory

and practice in the Arts. Critical articles and essays by: Joseph Beuys, T.

Carpentieri, A. d'Avossa, L. De Domizio, A. Izzo, F. Alfano Miglietti, M.

Bottinelli Montandon, A. Bonito Oliva, E. Quarantelli, G. B. Salerno, P.

Tedeschi, I . Tomassoni and by M. Vescovo. Photographs by Buby Durini. Published by Il

Clavicembalo, Milan;

ITALIANA ’60. Critical texts by Giorgio Verzotti (Presumptuous Notes

Concerning the 1960’s in Italy) and Anthony Iannacci (Italianità) [translated

by Hado Lyria]. Exhibition catalogue published by Galleria Marconi, Milan;

Absolute Politik - Take Over, 'dynamic' exhibition catalogue with texts by Manuela

Gandini and Loredana Parmesani. Exhibitions held in progression at Luciano Inga-Pin

(Milan), the Krygier Landau Gallery (Los Angeles) and Gallery Night (New York);

Ravenna Capitale – The splendours of Byzantium: the influence of Byzantine

art and culture in Italian churches. Exhibitions housed in the Convent of S. Vitale

and in the rooms of the National Museum in Ravenna. Press release – portfolio –

containing extensive extracts from the catalogue "Splendours of Byzantium", published

by Fabbri Editori (Milan): General Introduction by Giovanni Morello; Byzantine Italy

by Vera von Falkenhausen; and The circulation of culture between the Orient and Occident by

Guglielmo Cavallo. Portfolio published by the Consorzio Ravenna Capitale and Muse s.r.l.

(Bologna);

The Seductive Economy of Human Abilities by Lucrezia De Domizio, an article

treating Joseph Beuys published in "Diagonals", November/December number, Paris;

Michelangelo Jr. Critical text by Tommaso Trini (You are exposed to signs).

Exhibition catalogue published by Gallery, Milan;

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Richard Hamilton - Una collezione 60/ 70 (Image and Process). Critical text by

Flaminio Gualdoni (Richard Hamilton). Texts by Richard Hamilton translated by

Daniela Palazzoli. Anthological exhibition catalogue published by Studio Marconi,

Milan;

Historical Archives of the Banca Commerciale Italiana (COMIT). Main text – the

architectural, artistic and historical illustration of the building and rooms which house the

Archives in Milan - by Germano Mulazzani. Volume published by the Banca Commerciale

Italiana (Milan)/Umberto Allemandi & C. (Turin);

Emilio Tadini - Notes on the Biblical Cycle, catalogue texts by Emilio Tadini. Exhibition

held at the Edward Totah Gallery, London;

RISK Magazine International no. 1, an interdisciplinary review of theory and practice in the

Arts. Critical articles and essays by: L. Bonicalzi, M. Bottinelli Montandon, C. Ciarli, G.

Damiani, D. Davvetas, P. Greco, L. De Domizio, M. Mondadori, G.M. Pagnini, A. Izzo, E.

Quarantelli, M. Sculatti, P. Tedeschi, H. Szeemann and by M. Vescovo. Photographs by Buby

Durini. Published by Il Clavicembalo, Milan.

1991: Carmengloria Morales. Critical text by Giovanni Maria Accame: Presence and

Totality: 1) Making painting an active presence (1961-1970); 2) Diptych: desire

for the absolute (1971-1979); and 3) A total idea of painting (1980-1990).

Exhibition catalogue by Galleria Turchetto/Plurima, Milan. The volume forms part

of the series treating contemporary art entitled “La Forma Plurale 4” published by

Pierluigi Lubrina Editore, Bergamo;


Arts. Critical articles and essays by: Joseph Beuys, F. Alfano Miglietti, L. Bonicalzi, A. Busto,

T. Colusso, D. Davvetas, A. d'Avossa, M. Deguy, L. De Domizio, A. Izzo, G. Longo, E.

Quarantelli, T. Rota, M. Sculatti, P. Tedeschi and I. Tomassoni. Photographs by Buby Durini.

Published by Il Clavicembalo, Milan;

The Russian Avant-garde. Volume edited by Gabriella Di Milia. Critical texts by

G. Di Milia (Russian Avant-garde: timeliness and character); N. Gurianova

(Elena Guro; and Alexei Kruchenych and Olga Rozanova); A. Povelichina

The School of Matiushin), E. Kovtun (The Transmental Realism of Malevich),

A. Strigalev (The Russian artistic avant-garde during the fifteen-year post-

revolutionary period (1917-1932) and G. Pospelov (Larionov and Goncharova).

Exhibition catalogue published by Fonte d'Abisso Arte, Modena;

Gianfranco Pardi 1960-90. Critical text by Giovanni Maria Accame: The forms of

language: 1. A form of thought; 2. Suspended places (1966-1970); 3. Reflections

on the avant-garde (1971-1972): 4. Systems of systems (1973-1977); 5. Traces (1978-

1981); and 6. The becoming of an existence (1982-1991). Critical annotations by

Gianfranco Pardi. Anthological catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition

held at Studio Giò Marconi in Milan. Catalogue published by Fabbri Editori, Milan;

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Arturo Martini, catalogue edited by Gianni Vianello with critical texts by Gianni

Vianello (The Crisis of the Avant-garde and the Crisis of Sculpture) and Paolo

Baldacci (Arturo Martini: between Classicism and Romanticism [translated by

Marguerite Shore]). Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibitions held at

the Philippe Daverio Galleries in New York and Milan. Gallery edition, Milan;


Arts. Critical articles and essays by: V. Biondi, L. Bonicalzi, A. Bonito Oliva, C. Ciarli, M.

Deguy, D. Davvetas, M. De Caro, L. De Domizio, P. Greco, M. Gualteroni, G. R. Manzoni,

A. Musella, E. Quarantelli, P. Restany, J. Sartorius, H. Böll, M. Sculatti, H. Szeemann,

P. Tedeschi, A. Zordan and by G. P. Vincenzo. Photographs by Buby Durini. Published by

Il Clavicembalo, Milan;

Fausto de Marinis: Ironia di Naufragi 1980/1991. Critical texts by Roberto Sanesi

(Initial annotations regarding the painting by Fausto de Marinis), Patrizia Ferri

(The incandescent language of the gesture) and Francesco Butturini (The irony of

the wrecked). Historical background by Marco Girardi regarding the Adige flood of

1882. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Palazzo della Gran Guardia in Verona.

Published by the Comune di Verona;

Roberto Ciaccio: Annotations of Light, edited by P. Bellasi. Critical texts by E.

Pontiggia, T. Kemeny, G. Boehm, G. Beringheli and P.Bellasi. Critical extracts by

Kaisserlian, Munari, Vianello, Passoni, Baj, Cabutti, Caprile, Sanesi, Conti and

Dorfles. Palazzo dei Diamanti exhibition catalogue, Ferrara. Published by Arnoldo

Mondadori Arte, Milan;


Arts. Critical articles and essays by: Joseph Beuys, G. Alviani, Felix Baumann, S. Ceccato, G.

Ceriani, D. Davvetas, L. De Domizio, P. Greco, C. Fullone, Costa-Gavras, F. Alfano Miglietti,

M. Mandelli, M. Bottinelli Montandon, P. Sega, Serra Zanetti, E. Quarantelli, G. B. Salerno,

J. Sartorius, M. Sculatti and by P. Tedeschi. Photographs by Buby Durini. Published by Il


Pietro Consagra: Recent Works. Catalogue and exhibition curated by Gabriella Di

Milia. Critical texts by Sergej Androsov (The world of images by Pietro Consagra

[translated from the Russian by Pia Pera]), Giovanni Carandente (Pietro Consagra’s

sculpture: matter, colour, frontality) and Gabriella Di Milia (The frontal vision).

Exhibition held at The Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Exhibition catalogue published by

Arnoldo Mondadori Arte, Milan;

Art under 30: Fiar International Prize. Itinerant exhibition of 58 artists

(Milan/Rome/Paris/London/New York/Los Angeles). Italian critical texts by

Roberto Sanesi (A Dissemination of Hypotheses), Giacinto Di Pietrantonio

(The Ten Teachings) and Elena Pontiggia. Other critical texts by Ami Barak, Dan

Cameron, Mel Gooding and Marc Selwyn. Milanese exhibition held at the Palazzo

della Permanente. Catalogue published in collaboration with FIAR, Comune di Milano and the

Regione Lombardia;

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Arts. Critical articles and essays by: F. Alfano Miglietti, G. Alviani, M. Bottinelli Montandon,

B. Chirici, D. Davvetas, A. D'Avossa, L. De Domizio, Fogli, M. Mazzotti, D. Negrini, M. Pisani,

U. Russo, C. Santoro, M. Sculatti, P. Tedeschi, I. Tomassoni and G.P. Vincenzo. Photographs by

Buby Durini. Published by Il Clavicembalo, Milan.

1992: The Felt Hat: Joseph Beuys. A Life Told by Lucrezia De Domizio Durini. A

compendium of texts, critical interventions and documents treating the German

artist's work and projects carried out in Italy (many of which published for the

first time in book form). The volume also contains previously unpublished

photographs of the German artist by Buby Durini. Published by Edizioni Carte

Segrete (Data Arte), Rome;

Alessandro Mendini and…The Aesthetic Factory: 100% make up. 100 and

10.000 vases based on a project by Alessandro Mendini and carried out by Alessi

S.p.A. Catalogue edited by D. Moretti with B. Felis. Other translations by Rodney

Stringer. Presentation of the project at the Fortezza da Basso (Florence)

and in the gallery of the International Frankfurter Messe. Catalogue published by

F.A.O. and Alessi;


Arts. Critical articles and essays by: Joseph Beuys, G. Alviani, V. Biondi, C. Chirici, D.

Davvetas, J.M. García, A. Izzo, S. Leclaire, G.R. Manzoni, Negrini, A. Pes, F-N. Poutays,

E. Strousa, P. Tedeschi and M. Vescovo. Photographs by Buby Durini. Published by Il


Italian Art Experiences of the 1980's: Bartolini, Benati, Spoldi, Ceccobelli,

Esposito, Jori and Maraniello. Critical text by Renato Barilli (A magical

equilibrium between past and future). Critical entries by Roberto Pasini.

Preface by Giorgio Ferretti and comment by Cesare Caini. Works from the

collection of the Banca Commerciale Italiana (COMIT): the permanent

exhibitions housed in the bank's branch offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo. Volume

published by the Banca Commerciale Italiana (Milan)/Umberto Allemandi & C. (Turin);

Edoardo Franceschini: Presence of an “Elsewhere”. Critical text by Giovanni

Maria Accame. Exhibition catalogue published by Galleria Arte 92, Milan;

RISK Magazine International no. 7, Special Number: 12th of May 1921-1992. An inter-

disciplinary review of theory and practice in the Arts. Critical articles and essays by: F. Alfano

Miglietti, G. Alviani, Felix A. Baumann, M. Bottinelli Montandon, Joseph Beuys, A. Busto,

T. Carpentieri, C. Ciarli, C. Chirici, B. Corà, D'Avossa, D. Davvetas, M. De Caro, L. De Domizio

Durini, C. Fullone, A. Izzo, G. R. Manzoni, A. Musella, M. Pisani, E. Quarantelli, P. Restany, V.

Russo, G. B. Salerno, C. Santoro, H. Szeemann, P. Tedeschi, I. Tomassoni, T. Trini, M. Vescovo

and G. P. Vincenzo. Photographs by Buby Durini. Published by Il Clavicembalo, Milan;

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Arnaldo Pomodoro - a series of short documentaries which cover the artist's work from the

1960's up until the 1990's. Translation and subsequent dubbing of the critical texts prepared by

Roberto Sanesi. Documentary production by Orti Film Studio, Milan;

Spinoccia: The Winter Garden. Critical text by Vittorio Fagone (The Winter Garden

by Spinoccia). Monograph of the artist's works, 1990/1992. Published by Edizioni

Charta, Milan;


Arts. Critical articles and essays by: F. Alfano Miglietti, C. Babeti, Felix A. Baumann, T. W.

Bechtler, M. Bottinelli Montandon, C. Chirici, A. D'Avossa, D. Davvetas, M. De Caro, C. De

Martino, L. De Domizio Durini, A. Fogli, B. Jakober, E. Quarantelli, P. Restany, V. Russo,

H. Szeemann, P. Tedeschi, M. Vescovo and G. P. Vincenzo. Photographs by Buby Durini.

Published by Il Clavicembalo, Milan;

Pino Pinelli: Vapours of Painting. Critical text by Gian Piero Vincenzo.

Exhibition catalogue published by Galleria Manuela Allegrini, Brescia;

Maurizio De Caro: The Museum of Present Time - Project Genesis. Critical texts

by Pierre Restany, Lucrezia De Domizio and Maurizio De Caro. Photographs by

Carmine De Martino and Buby Durini. Published by Edizioni Carte Segrete, Rome.

1993: Antonio Teruzzi - luoghi di luce. Critical text by Roberto Sanesi (Places of Light).

Monograph published by Edizioni d'Arte Roberto Severgnini, Milan;

Joseph Beuys: The Felt Hat (theatrical version) by Lucrezia De Domizio Durini,

with the additional text entitled: Hypothesis of Stage-Design. Published in the

Clavicembalo Series by Edizioni Carte Segrete (Data Arte), Rome;

Walter Valentini. Critical text by Gian Piero Vincenzo (Painting Score: 1) The

Unit of Measure; 2) The Experience of the Square; 3) Space and Time; 4)The

Music of the Spheres; and 5)The City of the Sun. Catalogue published by Manuela

Allegrini Arte Contemporanea, Brescia;

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Mario Bottinelli Montandon – Nowhere. Critical texts by Antonio d'Avossa

(Mario Bottinelli Montandon and the desire to see), Otto Dreibund (The

Awakening), Lucrezia De Domizio (A discussion which never took place),

Mario Bottinelli Montandon (Life will kill us) and Maurizio De Caro (What use

does music have? But just what is this music?). Monograph published by

Edizioni Carte Segrete, Rome;

The following three volumes, published by Carte Segrete (Rome), form part of the

exhibition titled Operación Difesa della Natura held at the Centre d'Art Santa

Mònica in Barcelona (Spain):

Joseph Beuys - Foundation for the Rebirth of Agriculture. Text by A. d'Avossa

(Tomorrow the Earth), a conversation between P. Tedeschi and L. De Domizio

(Beyond the awareness of nature) and a Discussion with Joseph Beuys on the 12th

of February 1978 in Pescara (between Beuys, V. Russo, B. Corà, D. L. Coromilas

and A. Bonito Oliva);

Joseph Beuys - The Living Sculpture in Bolognano. Texts by Maurizio De Caro

(The Project); Lucrezia De Domizio (The Diamond); Giovanni Mariani

(Intersectorial Integrations); and Documents;

Joseph Beuys - A Meeting Beyond the Image: Joseph Beuys & BubyDurini. A

photographic documentary by Buby Durini. ‘Annotational’ texts by L. De Domizio

(Joseph Beuys: the word of the image) and A. d’Avossa (Joseph Beuys and Buby

Durini: photography as the breath of thought).

1994: Paolo Pagnoni – Paintings. Critical text by Rossana Bossaglia. Exhibition held

at the Galleria Schubert, Milan;

Petros – works on paper 1992-1994. Introductory text by Gianni Schubert.

Exhibition held at the Galleria Arte Borgogna (Milan). Catalogue published

by Edi.artes, Milan;

Nam June Paik – the shaman of the videoo. Preface by Philippe Daverio. Critical

texts by Gino Di Maggio (The Shaman of the Video), Dominique Stella (The Artist

as Transcontinental Communicator), Vittorio Fagone (The Luminous Images by

Nam June Paik), Achille Bonito Oliva (The Sleep-cum-Wakefulness of Art in Nam

June Paik), Yongwoo Lee (Information and Communication), Henry Martin (Nam

June Paik: Video is Boring) and an interview by Daniela Palazzoli entitled “Nam June Paik:

From Haiku to the Spot”). Exhibition held at the Palazzo Reale, Arengario, Milan. Catalogue

published by Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta/Fondazione Mudima, Milan;

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Max Hamlet Sauvage – The Dream Sculpted and Painted. An anthology of the

artist's work with critical texts by Arturo Schwarz (Max Hamlet and the sacred

dimension of eroticism); Giorgio Di Genova (Psychic symbols and motivations

in the narration by Max Hamlet); Pierre Restany (The vacuum is full and painting

is safe) and Alberico Sala (Max Hamlet Sauvage, an eccentric surrealist:he upturns

the comic and with the new chapter of sculpture desecrates the American, RoyLichtenstein,

and Alberto Savinio); and an Interview with Max Hamlet: A Pop-existential surrealist made in

Italy). And writings by the artist entitled: “Reflections about art from my own point of view”.

Exhibition and presentation of the volume held at the Spazio Prospettive, Milan. Published by the

Museum Erotic Surrealist Art Edition (with the collaboration of the Fondazione Brindisi), Milan;

Salvatore Emblema. Critical texts by G. Carlo Argan [anonymous translation],

Palma Bucarelli and Lorenzo Mango (The magnificent sensuality of painting in the

vicinity of its silence). Exhibition catalogue published by the Galleria Arte Borgogna,

Milan;

Enri Enrico Baj - APOCALYPSE. Introduction by Giorgio Ferretti. Critical and literary

texts: Georges Perec (Instructions for Use), Umberto Eco (A Critical Apocalypse),

Edoardo Sanguineti (Apocalyptical Alphabet), H.R. MacLean (Additional letters of

the alphabet: J, K,W, X,Y), Jan van der Marck (Enrico Baj: a 20th Century

Apocalypse), Pietro Bellasi (Locarno: the Apocalypse at home), Edgar Morin (AnApocalypse of

the third type) and Roberto Sanesi (Colophon). Anthology of the Apocalypse exhibitions, their

genesis and relative photographic documentation, held by Enrico Baj from 1978 to 1995. Volume

published by the Banca Commerciale Italiana (COMIT), Milan.

1995: Samantha Hsiao - Beyond the Great Threshold. Critical text by Riccardo Barletta

(Life, the Tempest, the Absolute and Destiny) and testimonies by Pia Pizzo and

Hsiao Chin. The volume includes numerous poems and writings by other authors in

memory of the young artist who died prematurely in 1990. Published by Edizioni

d'Arte Roberto Severgnini, Milan;

Man Ray - Alphabet for Adults. Critical text by Daniela Palazzoli (Alphabet of

Affection: from person to person). Facsimile edition of 41 drawings in India ink

initially published in catalogue form by the Copley Galleries of Beverly Hills in

1948 on the occasion of the one-man show held by the artist. Published by Giò

Marconi Edizioni, Milan;

A Modern Patron: The historical seats of the Banca Commerciale in Milan.

Photographs by Gabriele Basilico. Preface by Giorgio Ferretti. Critical and historical

texts by Fulvio Irace: Piazza Scala: a magnificent re-evocation; From Via Case

Rotte to Via Omenoni: Piero Portaluppi; A town planning of interiors: Giuseppe

De Finetti; and A modern Palazzo dei Diamanti. The seat of Via Borgonuovo by Giovanni

Muzio. Volume published by the Banca Commerciale Italiana (COMIT), Milan;

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Gio' Pomodoro - Taino Public Park: The Locus of the Four Cardinal Points.

Photographs by Gianni Berengo Gardin. Dialogue between Berengo Gardin and

Alberto Fiz. Texts by Gio' Pomodoro (Taino Public Park and Locus of the

Four Cardinal Points). Critical essay by Dario Micacchi entitled Memory of the

Greeks. Volume published by Artificio, Florence;

Niele Toroni and Felice Varini. Texts by the same artists, coordinated by Maddalena

Disch. Exhibition held at the Studio D'Arte Contemporanea Dabbeni. Texts published

in "Temporale" nos. 36-37, Edizioni Dabbeni, Lugano;

XLVI Venice Biennial - Venice and the Biennale: Itineraries of Taste. Critical texts

by Chiara Rabitti (The Events and the People. The Brief History of an Institution)

and by Flavio Fergonzi (Sculpture at the Venice Biennale (1895-1948). Exhibition

held at Palazzo Ducale. Published on the occasion of the XLVI Esposizione

Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia. English edition published by Fabbri Editore, Milan;

Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano (Head Offices of the Banca Commerciale Italiana in

Naples). Photographs by Giuseppe Gaeta. Preface by Giorgio Ferretti. Critical and

historical texts by Cesare de Seta: The plan of urban renewal of the Viceroy, don

Pedro de Toledo; The role as spinal cord taken on by Via Toledo; Palazzo

Zevallos and Cosimo Fanzago; The transformations of Palazzo Zevallos and the

succession of ownership; and The present-day configuration of the Palazzo della Banca

Commerciale Italiana. Published by the Banca Commerciale Italiana (Milan) and Electa Napoli

(Naples);

VI International Biennial of Photography - Disquieting Plots (under the orders of

food). Critical texts by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (To the Gastrosophers of the

Future) and by Denis Curti (Italian Foundation for Photography). Exhibitions held

at Acquasparta, Todi and Turin. Catalogue published by Skira Editore, Milan;

Leonardo da Vinci –The Leicester Codex. Explanatory panels for the exhibitions

held in Venice, Milan and Rome: Chronology; The Codices by Leonardo; History of

the Leicester Codex; Structure of the Codex; The Sciences; Leonardo's Writing;

The Illustrations; Leonardo and Nature; Leonardo the Scientist – his method; and

The Places of the Codex. Exhibitions held at Palazzo Querini-Dubois (Venice),

Palazzo Reale (Milan) and the Accademia Valentino (Rome). Texts and edition by Electa (Milan);

MUel - The Electronic Museum: the Luciano Giaccari Video Library. Donation

made to the Comune of Varese and housed in Castello Masnago. Catalogue with texts

by Vittorio Fagone (Video as Memory), Luciano Giaccari (Muel - The Electronic

Museum) and Maud Ceriotti (Historical Note). Published by the Comune di

Varese/MUel;

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Livio Bernasconi. Retrospective exhibition. Preface by Manuela Kahn-Rossi. Critical

texts by Marco Franciolli (A painting is a painting), Maddalena Disch (The plane of

painting and the flatness of the wall) and Danielle Perret (Beyond the frontiers of

geometry). Exhibition catalogue published by the Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano;

Finotti: Marmi 1973-1995. Preface by Giovanni Quadrio Curzio. Introduction by

Rossana Bossaglia. Critical texts by José Pierre (Novello Finotti or the Death of

Juliet) and Renzo Zorzi. Photographs by Aurelio Amendola. Exhibition held at the

Refettorio delle Stelline (Galleria Credito Valtellinese), Milan. Monograph published

by Edi.artes, Milan;

Paolo Icaro: 1965-1995. Catalogue editing and introductory text by Danilo Eccher

(Paolo Icaro: the Flash of Darkness). Other texts - not translated - by various

authors. Exhibition held at the Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trent.

Catalogue published by the Galleria Civica di Trento/Skira Editore, Milan;

Man Ray: La Mode au Congo. The 35 photographs reproduced from Man Ray's

original negatives dated 1937, printed in 1981 by Paolo Vandrasch, plus 9 loose

facsimiles from the original negatives of photographic contact prints, also dated

1937 (donated by Juliet Man Ray to the "Studies Centre and Archives of

Communication" [CSAC] of the University of Parma). The text is from the catalogue Man

Ray - Photographs 1930 published by CSAC. Exhibition and edition by Giò Marconi, Milan.

1996: Gunther Sachs - Photographer. Critical text by Rubino Rubini. Introduction by

Gunther Sachs. Exhibition held at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome. Catalogue

published by Skira Editore, Milan;

Gio' Pomodoro - Sculptures in Florence. Critical texts by M. L. Guaita (Gio'

Pomodoro and Il Bisonte), Giovanni Carandente, A. Bonetti (Sol quoque signa

dabit [The sun also shall give signs], and P. Rossi (Looking to the Sky). Pomodoro

extensively annotates the works in the volume with excerpts from other writings by

him treating Sculptures (Tensions, Crowds and flags, Tensions and structures,

Arches, Statues, Suns and Sculpted places), Painted works (Suns and Spirals) and the Galileo

Project. Exhibition held at Palazzo Vecchio - Sala d'Arme, Florence. Catalogue published by the

Centro Culturale Il Bisonte, Florence;

Dal Seicento olandese alle avanguardie del primo Novecento – The Collection

of Baron Eduard von der Heydt at Monte Verità. Preface by Manuela Kahn-Rossi.

Critical texts by Lidia Zaza-Sciolli, Mara Folini, Huang Qi and Janis Osolin. Part of

the series entitled Squardi sulla Collezione. Exhibition catalogue published by the

Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano;

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Umberto Pettinicchio: 1979-1996. Texts by the artist and an anthology of writings

by F. Aldelmi, P. Bua, G. Bolognini, P. Grassi, E. Ranieri, D. Cara, P. Fiori, J.V.

Thaidigsmann, A. Loda, G. Lattanza, L. Tondolo, C. Cuevas and I.D. Pardo. Volume

published by Laboratorio delle Arti, Milan;

Spinoccia - Attarini e installazione 1993-1996. Critical text by Flaminio Gualdoni.

Exhibition catalogue published by Edizione Avida Dollars, Milan;

Asger Jorn. Retrospective exhibition. Supervised by Pierre Casè. Critical texts by

L. Caprile (The Innocent Vandal and An itinerary of suffering and splendour),

U. Lehmann-Brockhaus (The “Schweizer Suite”), F. Larese (Remembering Asger

Jorn), E. Baj (Everything began in Switzerland in October 1953), E. Jaguer (My

first meeting with Asger Jorn), Corneille (Scattered memories), G. Schubert (Jorn and

sculpture), J. de Jong (Paradoxes were an important part of his life), A. Fabbri (The elective

affinities) and E. Salino (The Dream Lab). Exhibition held at the Casa Rusca, Locarno.

Catalogue (two volumes) published by Casa Rusca, Locarno/Skira Editore, Milan;

Burri-Fontana. Supervised by Enrico Crispolti. Critical texts by B. Corà, E. Crispolti,

Dadamaino, R. Fuchs, E. Mattiacci, G. Paolini, J. de Sanna, C. Sarteanesi, T. Trini and

Tomassoni. Exhibition held at the Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci.

Catalogue published by Centro Luigi Pecci ( Prato) and Skira Editore (Milan);

Serge Charchoune. Preface by M. Lorenzelli. Critical text by Gabriella Di Miglia

(The Magic Whites of Serge Charchoune). Exhibition catalogue published by

Lorenzelli Arte/Skira Editore, Milan;

Enrico Castellani: La Differenza Infinita. Critical texts by Bruno Corà, Chiara

d'Afflitto, Enrico Castellani, Adriano Sofri and Adachiara Zevi. Exhibition held at

Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia. Catalogue published by the Comune di Pistoia/Edizioni

Charta (Florence);

Mario Botta - Five Architectures. Introduction by Mario Gemin. Critical texts by

Christian Norberg-Schulz (Places between the sky and earth) and Giovanni Pozzi

(The Church in five churches). Files of the churches by Mario Gemin. Exhibition

held at Palazzo Querini-Dubois, Venice. Exhibition catalogue published by Skira

Editore, Milan;

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Caravaggio from Malta to Florence, with critical texts by Giorgio Bonsanti

(Regarding the Conservation of Caravaggio's Maltese Masterpiece) and Mino

Gregori (Caravaggio in Malta). Exhibition held at Palazzo Vecchio - Salone dei

Cinquecento, Florence. Catalogue published by the Comune di Firenze and Skira

Editore, Milan;

Bianchi - Kounellis - Plensa. Critical text by Bruno Corà (Vigil). Exhibition catalogue

published by Scognamiglio & Teano Agenzia d'Arte Moderna, Naples;

Seven Thousand Years of Modern Sculpture, preface by Pieter Coray and critical

introduction by Carlo Bertelli. Exhibition held at the Galleria Pieter Coray, Lugano.

Catalogue published by Galleria Pieter Coray, Lugano/Skira Editore, Milan;

Della Torre. Critical text by Walter Guadagnino: Geometries, Histories/stories and

Concerning places. Exhibition catalogue published by Lorenzelli Arte & Skira Editore,

Milan;

Alberto Burri, critical texts by Carlo Pirovano (The Seasons of Fire) and

Federica Pirani (Requested silence and the need for the word - notes on the

critical vicissitudes of Alberto Burri). Exhibition held at the Palazzo delle

Esposizioni, Rome (in collaboration with the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte

Moderna (Rome) and the Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini (Città di Castello). Catalogue published

by the Comune di Roma/Electa, Milan;

ARS AEVI 2000 - ten international artists for Sarajevo: Balkenhol, Buren,

Castellani, Dibbets, Kounellis, LeWitt, Mattiacci, Opalka, Panamarenko and

Plensa. Critical text and catalogue supervision by Bruno Corà. International

Exhibition held at the Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato.

Catalogue published by Skira Editore, Milan;

Aspects of Collecting in Ticino - Italian Paintings of the Second Half of the

Nineteenth Century. Premiss by Paolo Cornaro. Critical texts by Giovanna Ginex

and Matteo Bianchi (New arguments for a reading of the second half of the

Nineteenth Century and the Identity of Collecting), and an essay by Simone Soldini

(The origins of the Civic Collections of Lugano). Volume published by the Cornèr

Banca SA, Lugano.

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1997: Artinmosaico - The Bisazza Collection. Critical texts by Achille Bonito Oliva (The

Transparent City); Fulvio Irace (Philosophical City: Scintillating and Crystalline);

Angelo Trimarco (Sub specie lucis); Alessandro Mendini (The Philosophical City),

and Piero Bisazza (Mosaic Enlightened). A sort of mini-city 'laboratory' of nineteen

artists who in using glass mosaic tesserae create the new city. Exhibition held at the

Scuderie di Palazzo Reale, Naples. Catalogue published by the Comune di Napoli

and Skira Editore (Milan);

Petros. Video with critical and explanatory text by Piera Gatta, a poem by Raffaele

Carrieri and a critical excerpt by Roberto Sanesi. Spoken by Daniel Richards. Video

production by U.V.C., Milan;

Alberto Cavalieri - Principles of Harmony. Critical text by Alberto Veca.

Exhibition held at Vismara Arte (Milan). Catalogue published by Vismara

Arte/Edizioni d'Arte Severgnini, Milan;

The Art World through the Lens of Buby Durini. Main critical texts

[Annotations] by Harald Szeemann, Pierre Restany and Lucrezia De Domizio

Durini. Posthumous writings by Buby Durini. Other texts [Testimonies] by Italo

Tomassoni, Giancarlo Politi and Felix Baumann. Video filmed by Muel – The

Electronic Museum (Luciano Giaccari). Exhibition held at the Milan Triennial.

Volume published by Edizioni Charta, Milan;

Angelo Cagnone - The changeable flight of painting. Critical text by Claudio

Cerritelli. Exhibition catalogue published by Studio Reggiani, Milan;

Bruto Pomodoro. Introductory text by Marisa Zattini. Critical text by Roberto

Sanesi (Contemplations) and an annotation by Bruto Pomodoro (Notes for a

possible interpretative reading). Exhibitions held in Siena (Palazzo Patrizi),

Riccione (Palazzo del Turismo) and Cesena (Galleria Comunale Ex Pescheria).

Catalogue published by Il Vicolo, Cesena;

Consagra: Consagra and Frontality. Exhibition text and critical supervision by G.

Di Milia. The volume includes an extensive critical anthology. Catalogue published

by Ed. Stefano Fumagalli, Bergamo;

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Peter Uhlmann: Fisheye Poetry. Critical text by Lucrezia De Domizio Durini

(L'ombre du soleil), photographs and poems by Peter Uhlmann. The volume was

published in the Charta/Risk series by Edizioni Charta, Milan;

Luca Bossaglia: Between the Finite and the Infinite. Critical texts by Flaminio

Gualdoni and Paola Casati Migliorini. Introduction by Rossana Bossaglia.

Exhibition catalogue published by Bianca Pilat Arte Contemporanea,

Milan/Chicago;

Achille Perilli. Anthological exhibition catalogue with an interview by Annamaria

Maggi and a critical text by G. C. Argan (Geometry is a ballerina [anonymous

translation]). Volume published by Ed. Stefano Fumagalli, Bergamo.

1998: Rabisch: The Grotesque and Profane in Milanese Art 1550-1600 (L’Accademia della Val di

Blenio). Exhibition documentation for visitors. Printed by the Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano;

The Bernasconi Collection. Explanatory synthesis of the exhibition of the same

title. Published in the "Quaderni di Villa dei Cedri" series by the Civica Galleria

d'Arte, Bellinzona (Switzerland);

Guido Peruz: The Apocalypse according to Peruz. Critical text by Emilio Isgrò.

Volume published in "Le Carte Nascoste" series. Campanotto Editore, Pasian di

Prato, Udine;

Roberto Donetta [1865-1935]: A Photographer in Ticino. Critical/historical text by Marco

Franciolli. An essay forming part of the portfolio section of the "History of Photography"

review, vol. 22, no. 3, and dedicated to 'Photography in Switzerland'. Guest editor Martin

Gasser. Published by Taylor & Francis, London/Washington DC;

That's Art, nos. 5-8 and 11, guides to the art exhibitions held in Milan and its environs.

Critical texts and essays by: P. Dorazio, J. Eielson, L. Giaccari, L. Genovese, M. Polacco,

Matino, G. Frangi, L. Giudici, C. Olivieri, F. Gualdoni, Maggia, D. Benati, C. Caponnetto,

P.L. Senna, J. Ceresoli and M. Medaglia. Published by I.erreM, Milan;

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Giampietro Agostini - Tracce. Critical texts by Roberta Valtorta (Starting out

from Zero) and Filippo Maggia (Against the Stream). Exhibition held at the

Corrente Foundation. Catalogue published by Baldini&Castoldi, Milan;

Erewhon. An Internet site dedicated to culture. A special section treating the town-planning

'rebirth' of Berlin: The projects of the Deutsche Bahn: the station and the stations of the future;

The station as museum. The Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, a new museum

for the present: 1) In the spirit of Beuys; 2) The place of the present; 3) The Marx Collection;

and an article on the most important architectural project in Berlin, the Postdamerplatz. Section

selected and written by Agnese Grieco. Erewhon web site created by Sonar Webmaster, Milan;

Veronica Branca-Masa: Investigations on Emptiness. Recent Works (in

marble, slate, plywood and plexiglass). Critical text by Roberta Mazzola. 63

of the 1000 edition include an original silkscreen triptych. Published by the

Stamperia d'Arte Franco Lafranca, Locarno;

Giovanni Campus: Verifications of an Itinerary. Critical text by Claudio Cerritelli.

Anthological exhibition held at the Palazzo della Provincia, Sassari. Catalogue published by

Belforte Editore, Leghorn;

Gio' Pomodoro – Scuptures and works on paper: 1958-1998. Critical text by

Marco Meneguzzo (Eulogy of Space (for Gio' Pomodoro). Exhibition catalogue

published by Ed. Stefano Fumagalli, Bergamo;

Pages of Italian Photography 1900-1998. Curation of the exhibits and critical

texts in the volume by Roberta Valtorta (a 'page' dedicated to the image/s of each

of the 96 Italian photographers selected). Exhibition held at the Galleria Gottardo,

Lugano. Published by the Fondazione Galleria Gottardo, Lugano, and Edizioni

Charta, Milan;

Gio' Pomodoro - Cairo Biennial (Guest of Honour). Texts by Gio’ Pomodoro:

Disegnare (To 'mark out'); Reflections (from a letter to the American sculptor

Bruce Besley); A Small Handbook for Sculpture; and The "Sun Symbol", a

research work by Franca Minardi and Maria Luisa Niero of the Ravenna Academy

of Fine Arts, supervised by Gio' Pomodoro. The catalogue was published on the

occasion of the VII International Biennial of Sculpture in Cairo (Egypt);

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Francesco Vella – Writings and objects 1998. Critical introduction to the artist's

work by Magda Sohns-Pretraglio. Exhibition catalogue published by the Galleria

Palladio, Lugano;

Suburban Options - Photography Commissions and the Urbanization of the Landscape.

Italian contribution by Roberta Valtorta (Archivio dello Spazio: point of arrival, point of

departure). International exhibition catalogue, edited by Frits Gierstberg, published by the

Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam.

1999: That’s Art, nos. 12-15, guides to the art exhibitions held in Milan and its environs.

Critical texts and essays by: M. Medaglia, M. Raciti, F. Tedeschi, F. Bonazzoli, A.

Madesani, G. Vicentini, G. Scimé, S. Zecchi, E. Di Raddo, G. Ballo, E. Sottsass, M.

Di Marzio and A. Colonetti. Published by I.erreM., Milan;

www.provincia.varese.it - a website treating the numerous cultural aspects of the Varese Region

(also touching on the area of Mendrisio in the neighbouring Swiss Canton Ticino): historical

vicissitudes of the region, its castles, churches, baptisteries, villas, artists, historical personalities,

town planning, industrial archaeology, theatres, museums and national parks (and as a website

these are all interlinked). Published for the Province of Varese by Sonar, Milan;

Guido Peruz. Critical text by Pierre Restany (The Oratory and the Laboratory);

Finotti: Marmi - 1973/1998. Critical texts by Massimo Bertozzi, Antonio Paolucci,

Rossana Bossaglia and José Pierre. Exhibition held at the Palazzo Ducale, Massa.

Catalogue published by Edi.artes, Milan;

Nado Canuti. Critical text by Luciano Caramel (Sculpture as absolute and

polymorphic form). Exhibition held at the Ex Chiesa S. Cristoforo, Lodi.

Catalogue published by Edizioni d'Arte Severgnini, Milan;

Shimaoka Tatsuzo - pottery: a private collection. An exhibition of pieces from

the collection of Adolf Zihler of this Living National Treasure. The catalogue

contains a comprehensive introduction by Ildegarda Scheidegger: Mingei; The

mingei style; The artistic patrimony; The autonomous style; and Teachers and

pupils. The volume includes an extensive section dealing with the ceramic

techniques which characterise these works by the Japanese artist: techniques not used with

rope-impressed inlay and variations of rope-impressed inlay. Exhibition held at the Galleria

Gottardo, Lugano. Catalogue published by the Fondazione Gottardo, Lugano.

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2000: Mimmo Rotella – History of an idea. Critical texts by Pierre Restany (Mimmo

Rotella at home faced by history) and Tonino Sicoli (A structured work).

Anthological exhibition held at the Complesso Monumentale del San Giovanni,

Catanzaro, organised by the Cultural Association "L'Una di Sera" in collaboration

with the Comune di Catanzaro. Exhibition catalogue published by Fratelli Palombi

Editori, Rome;

Francesco Petrollo - The Visionary Fable. Critical text by Floriano De Santi (The

evolution and research of Petrollo's sculptural works). Volume published by

Edizioni d'Arte Severgnini, Milan;

Gio' Pomodoro - Thinking Sculpture. Drawings 1953-2000. A monograph of the

drawings and preparatory works for sculptures with a critical/historical analysis of

the phases of the artist's work by Giovanni Maria Accame: Archetypes and horizons,

signs and places of growth 1953-1957; The continuity of the plastic body and

stretched surfaces 1958-1969; Thinking stone. Contacts, suns and spirals 1969-

1981; and Finds. Measurements. Original forms and places 1982-2000. The

volume also includes eight illustrated sections entitled Sediments treating archaeological,

scientific, naturalistic and ethnographic themes which run parallel to the artist's research. Volume

published by Stefano Fumagalli Editore, Bergamo;

Fiorenzo Zaffina - Revelations. Exhibition and catalogue supervised by Tonino

Sicoli. Critical texts by P. Balmas, R. Barilli, R. Cotroneo, M. Di Stefano, M. Forti,

S. Lux, M. Mirolla, G. Pansini, G. Perretta and P. Restany. Exhibition held at the

Complesso Monumentale del San Giovanni, Catanzaro. Organisation by the Cultural

Association "L'Una di Sera" in collaboration with the Comune di Catanzaro.

Catalogue published by "L'Una di Sera", Catanzaro;

Yang Shaobin-Zeng Hao-Zhao Bandi: Lo spazio e la pelle. An exhibtion of three

Chinese artists, curated by Monica Dematté. Critical texts by Maurizio Giuffredi

(Yang Shaobin's 'anticlassical blood') and Monica Dematté (A subtracted world:

the spaces of Zeng Hao and Zhao Bandi: oils and installations of the quotidian).

Exhibition catalogue published by Contemporanea Arti e Cultura/Archimede Arte

(Milan) and Nicolodi Editore (Rovereto);

Angelo Cagnone - Immagina. Critical text by Luciano Caramel (Painting of

relation, metamorphosis and memory as imaginative activation). Exhibition

catalogue published by Gallery Arte92, Milan;

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Paths of the Spirit: The Year Two Thousand - six international artists: Amore,

Casu, Contini, Hirose, Lindsay and Nazzari. Critical texts by Claudio Cerritelli:

Paths of the Spirit: Antonio Amore (The Mourning of Christ); Francesco Casu

(Landscapes of the Soul); Aldo Contini (Retablo); Satoshi Hirose (A Walk Among

the Skies); Arturo Lindsay (Sanctuary of Souls) and Wanda Nazzari (The Principle

of Doubt). Exhibition catalogue published by the Centro Internazionale Man Ray, Cagliari;

Sandro Scalia - The Cities of Palermo. Photographs. Critical texts by Roberta

Valtorta (The Palermos of Scalia, and of everyone) and Marcello Faletra

(Palermo, the temptation of existing). Volume published by the Comune di

Palermo/Edizioni Charta, Milan;

2001: Luciana Matalon. Introductory critical text by Ermanno Krumm (Matalon:

Infinite spaces and disturbing symbols). Other critical interventions by: V.

Accame, G. Curonici, A.Ginesi, J.P. Jouvet, J. Pietrobelli, A. Sala, R. Sanesi, F.

Simongini, L. Strozzieri, M. N. Varga and S. Zanella. Anthological exhibition

catalogue published on the occasion of the inauguration of the Museo Fondazione

Luciana Matalon by Edizioni d'Arte Severgnini, Milan;

Paolo Gioli - Attraverso/Passing Through. Introductory critical text to the

Photo Finish series by Roberta Valtorta and a comment by Paolo Gioli.

Exhibition held at the Galerie Michèle Chomette, Paris;

Stefano Grassi - Metamorphosis: photographs 1995-2001. Critical texts by

Alessandra Menesini, Ivo Serafino Fenu (Metamorphosis), Lanfranco Colombo,

Mauro Rombi, Placido Cherchi, Monica Perozzi and Salvatore Naitza. Centro

Man Ray, Quartu;

Russo 6 : Olga Chernysheva / Serghey Denissov / Vladislav Efimov / Dimitry

Mishenin / Elena Nemkova / Vladimir Shinkarev. Edited by Sergio Poggianella.

Critical texts by Andrej Fomenko (Between Fundamentalism and Neomannerism:

The Neo-academicism of St. Petersburg and Russian art of the 1990s). Exhibition

catalogue published by Contemporanea Arti e Cultura/Archimede Arte (Milan) and

Nicolodi Editore (Rovereto);

Galleria Gottardo 1989 - 1999. Volume edited by Luca Patocchi and Alberto

Bianda. Testimonies to the ‘adventure’ by Mario Botta , Geneviéve Jean Roulin,

Paul Barbier, Roberta Valtorta, Luca Patocchi (interviewed by Giovanni Orelli)

and Alberto Bianda (interviewed by Giampiero Bosoni). A catalogue of all the

exhibitions and their installation planimetries held by the gallery during its first ten

years of activity. Published by the Fondazione Galleria Gottardo, Lugano;

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Icons of Africa - Contemporary African Sculpture. Works by Sunday Jack Akpan,

Harry Mutasa, Anangangola, Dastani, Kashimiri and Georges Lilanga. Introduction

by Sergio Poggianella (African Sculpture: art, handicrafts or ethnography?).

Critical texts by Sarenco (Instructions for the use of Contemporary African Art),

Martina Corgnati (A language for Reality) and a ‘tour’ commented by Amina

Mohamed (A meeting with the Makonde). Exhibition catalogue published by Contemporanea

Arti e Culture and by Archimede Arte (Milan) for Tucano Edizioni, Turin;

Mimmo Rotella. An anthological exhibition held at Palazzo Lanfranchi in Pisa.

Critical texts by P. Restany, T. Trini, C. Vivaldi, L. Sinisgalli, N. Ponente, B. Alfieri,

M. Rotella, S. Hunter, G. Appella, G. Joppolo, E. Villa and G. Ballo. Excluding the

texts by G. Appella, G, Ballo, G. Joppolo and two by P. Restany, all of the translated

texts have already been cited in this Compendium. Catalogue published by the

Comune di Pisa in collaboration with Gli Ori (Pisa) and Spaziotempo, Florence;

Zhuang Hui – Luo Yongjin: Lost Identities. Photographs by two Chinese

artists. Introduction by Maurizio Giuffredi. Critical texts by Monica Dematté

(Imbuing reality with a certain enchantment and A sole multitude). Exhibition

catalague published by Contemporanea Arti e Cultura and Art Book Milano

Edizioni, Milan;

Cracking Art Group - (Turtles in Venice: S.O.S. World). Catalogue of the

Group at the XLIX Venice Biennial. Critical text by Lucrezia De Domizio

(The Fascinating Destiny of Time) and annotations by members of the Group

(Ronda-Nucara-Veronese-Angi-Rizzetti-Kicco-Pianca);

Giuseppe Gallo - Prova Generale [Dress Rehearsal]. Analytical introduction to the

anthological exhibition by Tonino Sicoli. Critical texts by Angelo Capasso (Gallo

bounds on the tail of time) and Achille Bonito Oliva (Painting is the place of

complexity). Exhibition held at Palazzo Vitari in Rende (Cosenza). Catalogue

published by the Centro per l'arte e cultura A. Capizzano, Rende;

Afghanistan: carpets of War, carpets of the World. Texts by Sergio Poggianella

(Afghanistan: War carpets and Boetti; and Carpets of war and geo-graphical

carpets) and Enrico Mascelloni (The war and the world). Exhibition catalogue

published by Galleria Contemporanea Arti e Cultura and Archimede Arte, Milan;

Max Kuatty – Take me where things have a soul. Critical texts by Tommaso Trini

(The Classical of Modernity) and Pierre Restany (Codex Codicum 1999-2000).

Exhibition catalogue published by the Galleria Contemporanea Arti e Cultura and

Archimede Arte, Milan;

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Italian Art of the XX Century at the Farnesina [Italian Ministry of Foreign

Affairs]. Critical texts by Maurizio Calvesi (Art in Italy during the XX Century)

and Paolo Portoghesi (Historiographical annotations regarding the present-day

Seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs). The volume contains 118 biographies of

Italian painters and sculptors. Exhibition held on the occasion of the G8 Summit

held at the Galleria della Stazione Marittima in Genoa. Catalogue published by the Ministero

degli Affari Esteri/Edizioni d Arte l’Elefante, Rome;

Antonio Tonelli. Critical text by Rossana Bossaglia (The symbols of Van Gogh).

Exhibition catalogue published in the series ‘Quaderni Artistici’ by the Galleria

Armanti, Varese;

Nino Mustica. Critical texts by Massimo Donà (Of Another Abstraction: on the edge

of the pictorial production by Nino Mustica) and Stefano Zecchi (Form, Art and

Knowledge: crisis and delirium of inner life). Exhibition catalogue published by the

Galleria Dante Vecchiato, Padua.

2002: Isao Hosoe. Extemporary: the designer as the Trickster (for countless a foreigner, by many

understood). Explanations by a famous designer of simple solutions for apparently impossible

objects. Hosoe Design Studio, Milan;

Giovanni Zaffagnini. Critical text by Roberta Valtorta (Recycling

Photography). The author calls his photographs recycled papers and the

volume has, in fact, been sponsored/published by a Company that recycles

waste paper. And Valtorta imagines a similar destiny for this volume of

photographs. Published by TE.AM, Lugo (Ravenna);

Antonio Tonelli. Critical text by Rossana Bossaglia (The symbols of Van Gogh). Exhibition

catalogue published by Galleria d’Arte Ciovasso, Milan;

Isao Hosoe. The Gift of Motion - Genesis of a new project: Momotaro. Text by Armando De

Vidovich regarding the relationship between a new system of office furnishings, dance and the

Japanese tea ceremony as seen by Isao Hosoe. Project for Itoki;

Ferdinando Scianna - "Those People of Bagheria". A total of 390 black & white

photographs retrieved by the author from his archives and ‘forgotten’ material,

published for the first time treating the ‘darkroom of the memory’ (as elicited by

Leonardo Sciascia). Photographs of forty years of a Bagheria 'that was'. Texts by

Ferdinando Scianna. Exhibition catalogue published by the Fondazione Galleria

Gottardo, Lugano;

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Italian Avantgarde Car Design. Critical texts by Bruno Alfieri (Art and

Coachwork), Rossana Bossaglia (The Image of the Automobile from Liberty to

Design), Robert Cumberford (Italian Design Genius - Sensuality, Style and

Substance) and Fulvio Cinti (Italian Style: What Future?). Two chapters of the

volume are also dedicated to the influence of Art Nouveau and Art Déco on

automobile design. Exhibition held at the 69th

Regiment Armory in New York. Catalogue

published by Automobilia, Milan;

Emotion Office - The office on the verge of a future still to be invented. An

update of the TNT project after 10 years. Text by A. De Vidovich. Project book

published by Isao Hosoe Design Studio, Milan;

Luciana Matalon - Narrating ancient alphabets, signs and traces. Critical text by

Martina Corgnati and annotations by Ferruccio de Bortoli and Miklos N. Vargas.

Exhibition held at Palazzo Racani Arroni (Piazza Duomo), Spoleto. Catalogue

published by Signum Edizioni d’Arte, Milan;

Idea of Metropolis. Eight photographers illustrate the theme of the Metropolis in the

first volume published by the newly-founded Museum of Contemporary Photography

Villa Ghirlanda in Cinisello Balsamo (Milan): Orio, Colanzi, Marossi, Signorini,

Jodice, Zamagni, Mangano and Di Bello. Critical texts by Roberta Valtorta (The

Body as Interface of the Landscape), Eleonora Fiorani (Tales of the Absent City) and

Gustavo Pietropolli Charmet (Metropolis and its Discontents). Exhibition catalogue published by

the Comune di Cinisello Balsamo/Silvana Editoriale, Milan.

2003: GENOA - A Civilisation of Palaces. Texts by Ennio Poleggi. An historical and

architectural analysis of the palaces, the families who built and lived in them,

the architects and artists involved and the influence of these buildings during the

course of Genoa’s socio-economic growth and power over the centuries: Early

building sites during El siglo; Strada Nuova - clients, models and copies; Europe

hosts the civilisation of palaces; and The last architecture at the times of Rubens and Van

Dyck. Contributions by André De Naeyer and Charles Hind. A fully illustrated volume

published by the Comune di Genova/Silvana Editoriale (Milan);

Gastón Orellana - Orestea. A monograph of the artist’s works produced during the

1990’s. Critical text by Jole de Sanna (Orestea). Volume published by Edizioni d'Arte

Severgnini, Milan;

Luce Delhove. Critical text by Claudio Cerritelli (Among the Furrows of the Mind:

Regarding the recent sculptures by Luce Delhove). Exhibition catalogue published

by SpazioTemporaneo, Milan;

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New Trends in Work Places. A study by the Milan Polytechnic for Haworth Inc/Castelli S.p.A.

The research aim: an in-depth study of the workplace, its evolution and future demands. In the

words of Professor Trabucco: "One goes beyond typologies such as the chair, the table, adjustable

wall panels and containers, ideating other projects that facilitate relations between the individual

and his/her work". Volume published by Silvana Editoriale/Milan Polytechnic, Milan;

Mara Pepe - Recent Sculptures. Critical texts by Claudio Cerritelli (Sculpture as

Critical Space: Beyond Minimalism; Purification of the Form; Visible and Invisible;

and The Body and the Environment) and by Giorgio Bonomi (Postfaction) [translated

by Claire Verstraete]. Published in collaboration with Andrea Pronto Arte

Contemporanea, Treviso;

Adriano Piu. A monograph of the artist's paintings and sculptures. Critical text by

Giorgio Segato (Dream Fragments). Volume published by Edizioni d'Arte Severgnini,

Milan;

Ettore Sottsass - 24 designs. Text by Ettore Sottsass (Attenuated Architecture).

Exhibition catalogue published by the Galleria Antonia Jannone, Milan;

2004: Pietro Cascella - IX International Biennial of Sculpture in Cairo: Sculptures

1996-2003. Critical text by Claudio Cerritelli (Form as Mystery and Meditation).

Catalogue published on the occasion of the one-man exhibition held at the IX

Biennial of Cairo (Egypt);

Paolo Minolo – Works 1974-2003. Critical text by Alberto Veca (Episodes for

a Story: Regarding Language; Regarding Poetics; Chronologies; Subjects; and

A sense). Exhibition held at LAC Lagorio Arte Contemporanea, Brescia.

Catalogue published by Mazzotta, Milan;

Spinoccia - Celle [Cells] 2002-2003. SEC XXI. Critical text by Guido Oldani (The

Place of the Where) and a series of observations by the artist. Exhibition portfolio-

catalogue published in the ‘Collana Contafili’ series (no. 2) by the Galleria d’Arte

Ciovasso, Milan;

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Angelo Dozio - The Spatialism of an artist who'traces out lines'. A monograph with critical

texts by Riccardo Barletta: 1) Abstraction, the horizon of the Twentieth Century; 2) Ars

constructiva: alternate visions of vitality; 3) The great march to the Geometrical Absolute;

4) Labyrinths and music in and of Space; 5) Tridimensionality, environment and space; and

6) Clods of Earth: arrival at the Organic Absolute. Volume published by Mazzotta Editore,

Milan;

The Age of Rubens: Homes, Patrons and Collectors in Genoa. An extensive series

of exhibition panels (34), explanatory notes and the titles of the works on exhibit: the

families, their palaces and their collections. Here the exhibition panels synthetically

introduce the visitor both to the Room and its specific contents (above all paintings,

but also the other collection ‘investments’ like tapestries and silverware which were

important indications of the family's economic, social and political position in Genoa). The

exhibitions held in Palazzo Ducale, Palazzo Rosso and Palazzo Spinola. Material published by the

Comune di Genova and Skira Editore, Milan;

Alessandra Angelini - Walking in the Colours. Critical text by Rossana Bossaglia

and contextual notes by the artist. A retrospective exhibition of works using paper,

cardboard, fabrics, wood and plastic materials: engravings, xylographs, lithographs,

watercolours, drawings, sculptures, jewellery and installations. Exhibition held at

Riva R1920 Centre in Cantù (Como). Catalogue published by Edizioni d'Arte Severgnini, Milan.

2005: Archivio del Moderno - Mendrisio Architectural Academy. Aims and methods of the Archivio

del Moderno (Archives of the Modern) and proposed research programmes in collaboration with

France, Italy, Austria and the United States for monographic volumes treating Ticinese architects

and neoclassical architecture: Luigi Canonica (1764-1844), state architect: Imperial language

and professional practice; Kulturtrasfer and innovation in an international state architect:

Pietro Nobile (1776-1854); and Carlo Rossi (1775-1849) and the construction of Imperial St.

Petersburg. University of Italian Switzerland (USI), Mendrisio (Switzerland);

Gianni Caravaggio (Ideas for the creation of some works), Marzia Migliora (The Freud

Museum and Separation from the Family) and Flavio Favelli (Private Collection). Three art

projects submitted for a Grant offered by the Amici Sostenitori del Castello di Rivoli. Castello di

Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli (Turin);

The Multiuniverse of Art, critical text by Tommaso Trini. An exhibition and text of “couples”

(four duets) of artists whose differences form this ‘multiuniverse’: Dangelo & Moiso, Adami &

Nespolo, Sturla & Hsiao Chin, Tornquist & Le Parc. Exhibition held at the Casa delle Regole in

Cortina d’Ampezzo. Catalogue published by Edizioni d’Arte Severgnini, Milan;

Antonio Cassi Ramelli. An exhibition dedicated to the life and work of this

Milanese architect. Projects, models, explanatory panels and photographs by

Gabriele Basilico: Eclecticism of Reason; Documents of Architecture and the

Realities of Buildings; Between the Sacred and the Profane; Continuity and

Contiguity; Publishing exploits, erudite divertissements; and Amarcord [I

remember]. Duty and Pleasure. Organised by the Fondazione Cassi Ramelli. Exhibition

held at the Palazzo della Ragione (Piazza dei Mercanti), Milan;

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Luigi Di Sarro – The Anatomy of Art. Critical texts by Angelo Capasso (The

Anatomy of Art: the system of the arts in the work by Luigi Di Sarro), Tonino

Sicoli (Luigi Di Sarro and the restless 1970s) and Marzia Martino (The Search

for a Lifetime). Exhibition held at PalazzoVitari, Museo d’Arte dell’Otto e

Novecento - Centro “A. Capizzano” (Rende) in collaboration with the Centro “Luigi

Di Sarro” (Rome). Catalogue published by AR&S. Exhibition held in Rende (Cosenza);

Maria Cristina Carlini – Finds. Critical texts by Carlo Franza (Finds) and Claudio

Cerritelli (Finds in the Womb of the Visible). This is an exhibition that following

Traces and Places and Rooms further investigates the relationship between mankind,

matter, nature and the mystery by way of fourteen installations and works using iron,

gold, manganese, wood, paper, grès and ceramics (finds). Exhibition held at Villa

Pisani in Strà (Venice). Catalogue published by Skira Editore, Milan;

Video Art – The Castello di Rivoli Collection. Introductory text by David A. Ross

(History Remains Provisional). Critical files for each artist included in the catalogue

by Francesca Bernadelli and Marcella Beccaria. Other translations by Marguerite Shore

and Emily Ligniti. Volume published by Castello di Rivoli - Museum of Contemporary

Art (in collaboration with the Compagnia di San Paolo) Rivoli (Turin) and Skira

Editore (Milan);

Graziano Negri. First volume of the series entitled Percorsi del Colore edited by

Claudio Cerritelli. Critical texts by Fabrizio D’Amico (To the Limit of Silence) and

Claudio Cerritelli (Onsets of Colour-Light). Volume published in collaboration with

the Galleria Plurima (Udine) by Nicolodi Editore, Rovereto;

Spinoccia – Reperti Archeologici Italiani. FINE SEC. XX. Critical text by Giorgio

Seveso (Pippo Spinoccia and “Good Vibrations”). Paintings and sculptures for an

‘archaeological’ installation. Portfolio edition published in the ‘Collezione Contafili’

series (no. 6) by the Galleria d’Arte Ciovasso, Milan;

Candida Höfer – Photographs 2004-2005. Italian critical text by Roberta Valtorta

(An Artificial World). Photographs of monumental, empty public spaces suspended

in time and waiting for that ‘humanity of archaeology’ to transform them into

Museums. Every interior “conceptually speaking, already a museum”. Other texts by

Veit Görner (Candida Höfer – Interior Views) and Maik Schlüter (The Fiction of

Space). Continuation of the Hanover kestnergesellschaft exhibition held at the Museo di

Fotografia Contemporanea, Cinisello Balsamo (Milan). Volume published by Schirmer/Mosel,

Munich.

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2006: Sonia Costantini. Second volume of the series entitled Percorsi del Colore edited

by Claudio Cerritelli. Critical texts by Giuseppe Panza di Biumo (The Colour is

Light), Claudio Cerritelli (Freedom of Thought-Light) and a note by Franco Piavoli

(The Colours of Sonia). The volume was presented as the catalogue of the exhibition

held at the Galleria Il Milione (Milan). Published by Nicolodi Editore, Rovereto;

Arturo Carmassi – Fantastic Metamorphoses (large polymatteric works on canvas).

Critical text by Claudio Cerritelli (In the Domain of Matter). Exhibition catalogue

published by Galleria Morone, Milan;

Vincenzo Cecchini. Third volume of the series entitled Percorsi del Colore edited

by Claudio Cerritelli. Critical texts by Diego Collovini and Claudio Cerritelli (The

Suspended Light of Emptiness). Critical excerpts by C. Vivaldi, E. Puglielli, G.

Cortenova, E. Longari, F. Abbate, P. Mascarucci, D. Collovini and A. Madesani.

Volume presented as the catalogue of the anthological exhibition – The Gesture and

the Colour: 1955-2005 - held at the Galleria Comunale Santa Croce (Cattolica). Published by

Nicolodi Editore, Rovereto;

Giovanna Strada. Critical text by Alberto Veca (The work and the place).

Exhibition catalogue published by the Galleria Bazart, Milan;

Maria Cristina Carlini. Critical text by Claudio Cerritelli (Regarding the Poetics

of Maria Cristina Carlini: 1. Imprints of the Lived; 2. Typologies and Materials;

3. Papers and Frames; and 4. Books and Tactile Forms). A ‘portfoglio’ catalogue of

the exhibition held at the Galleria delle Battaglie (Brescia), in collaboration with the

Galleria Borgogna (Milan). Published by Galleria Borgogna, Milan;

Spinoccia – Storie del Dolore. 2004-2005 sec. XXI. Critical text by Alberto Veca

(Stories of Suffering). A series of acrylic paintings on canvas. Portfolio edition

published in the ‘Collezione Contafili’ series (no. 7) by the Galleria d’Arte Ciovasso,

Milan;

Giovanna Fra – Works 2000-2006. Critical texts by Claudio Cerritelli (Submissive

Fibres of Painting) and Alberto Veca (Regarding the Interrogative Discussion).

Critical anthology by B. Bandini, S. Ferrari, M. Bottarelli, C. Cerritelli, M. Corgnati

and F. Della Monica. Exhibition catalogue published by Galleria Scoglio di Quarto

and Signum Edizioni d’Arte, Milan;

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Gianni Pellegrini. Fourth volume of the series entitled Percorsi del Colore edited

by Claudio Cerritelli. Critical texts by Alberto Veca (Low Definition) and Claudio

Cerritelli (Moments of Shade: 1) The extensions of light; 2) Space without weight;

and 3) Colour shines with shadow). Critical anthology by G. Belli, W. Guadagnini,

C. Olivieri, L. Meneghelli, P. Fossati, G.M. Accame, D. Collovini, C. Cerritelli, D. Eccher,

M. Goldin, L. Mango, P. Jori and A. Madesani. Volume published by Nicolodi Editore, Rovereto;

MozArt – Travel notes in the G-clef. Exhibition panels. Section I: The face of music;

Section II: Mozart and Italy/The Musical Academy of Bologna; Section III: To Verona;

and Section IV: Within the myth of Mozart. Fifty paintings documenting the Mozarts’

travels in Italy between 1769 and 1773 (Wolfgang Amadeus and his father-cum-

manager, Leopold), patrons, friends and personalities of the musical circles in Northern and

Central Italy. Curated by M.B. Ottaviani, A. Carlini and G. Fornari. Exhibition held at the Museo

Civica di Riva del Garda, Province of Trent;

From Prampolini’s ‘cosmic idealism’ to the Endless House by Kiesler. An essay by Silvia

Ferrari treating the artistic parallels and influences between Prampolini and Futurism and the

Austrian architect, Friedrich Kiesler, his relationship with “De Stijl”, its various artistic

protagonists and his projects of the electromagnetic stage-setting, the Raumstadt project and

the concept of the uninterrupted space continuity of his Endless House. Essay published in

Italian in the review “Nuova Meta” (Maffessoli & Ferrero Editore, Turin). Translation for the

Archives of the Kiesler Foundation, Vienna;

Italo Bressan. Fifth volume of the series entitled Percorsi del Colore edited by

Claudio Cerritelli. Critical texts by Giovanni Maria Accame (Italo Bressan: colour

as apparition and reflection) and Claudio Cerritelli (The Realities of Light: 1) The

revelation of the ‘elsewhere’; 2) The two-fold threshold of colour; and 3) Sublime

surfacings). Critical anthology by F. Gualdoni, M. Meneguzzo, M. Bertoni, F. D’Amico,

D. Pontiggia, E. Tadini, Hapkemeyer, P. Jori, F. Poli and L. Caramel. Volume published by


Marco Miglio/Tarsilla Mucci – Physiologies: The human landscape of Val Borbera at

the beginning of the XXI century. A photographic project of portraits of the inhabitants of Val

Borbera (Piedmont) in conjunction with a research work of the San Raffaele Foundation of

Milan. The project was submitted for the short list of the 2006 Albert Renger-Patzsch Prize

awarded by the Fotografische Sammlung, Museum Folkwang, Essen (Germany);

Jiangsu Modern Chinese Ink Painting. Main text by Filippo Salviati (Ink Painting

in China). Exhibition of twenty-eight contemporary Chinese artists who use this

ancient painting technique held at the Museo Leonardiano in Vinci (Florence).

Catalogue published by Nicolodi Editore, Rovereto;

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Hans Hollein – The Soravia Wing of the Albertina in Vienna 2001-2003). An essay by Silvia

Ferrari treating this example of the transformation of urban space in relation to previous projects

by the architect (the Tod [Death] exhibition of 1970, the Tomb of the Racer, the series entitled

Transformations which dates to 1963, the Schullin I and Schullin II Jewellers projects,

respectively dating to 1972 and 1981-1982, and the Media Tower skyscrapers in Vienna of 1994-

2002). The essay was originally published in I nomi della Trasformazione (Vitali & Moretti

Editori, Bergamo). Translation for the Austrian architect’s personal archives.

2007: Stefano Grassi – It’s still dark in the night… Critical text by Ivo Serafino Fenu. A

series of images by the photographer treating ‘manifestations’ of the still dark and

therefore still not defined - but nevertheless present – transgender identity of some

young men of the most recent generation in Cagliari. The exhibition is part of the

series entitled ‘Fotografi per un’isola’ (Photographers for an Island). Exhibition catalogue

published by the Centro Culturale Man Ray, Cagliari;

The Force of Painting. Critical text by Claudio Cerritelli (Eight artists between the

past and the present day): Carmassi - Moreni, Fabbri - Milani, Aricò - Vago and

Madella - Raciti. Exhibition catalogue published by Galleria Morone, Milan;

Franco Ruaro. Sixth volume of the series entitled Percorsi del Colore edited by

Claudio Cerritelli. Critical texts by Manlio Brusatin (Vertical Colour) and

Claudio Cerritelli (Profound Apparitions: 1) Being disorientated in light; 2)

Technique as infinite event; and 3) Gleams of shadow). Critical anthology by L.M.

Barbero, E. Pontiggia, T. Toniato, D. Marangon, F. D’Amico, C. Cerritelli, L. Meneghelli, G.M.

Accame, P. Dorazio and L. Sansone. Volume published by Nicolodi Editore, Rovereto;

Arturo Carmassi. Critical text by Andrea Camilleri (How to correctly own a

Carmassi) and an introductory note by Enzo Spadon. Exhibition catalogue published

by Galleria Morone, Milan;

Sandro De Alexandris. Seventh volume of the series entitled Percorsi del Colore

edited by Claudio Cerritelli. Critical texts by Angela Madesani (Intractable Painting.

Notes on the work by Sandro De Alexandris) and Claudio Cerritelli (Rooms of

Infinite Light: 1) The exiling of colour; 2) Impassible threshold; and 3) Infinite veils).

Critical anthology by U. Apollonio, L.V. Masini, E.L. Francalanci, G. Beringheli, P. Fossati, L.

Caramel, A.Veca, M. Rosci, R. Pasini, G. Romano, C. Cerritelli, F. Tedeschi, A. Madesani, F.

Parachini and F. Poli. Volume published by Nicolodi Editore, Rovereto;

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Teres Wydler – N.I.C.E. Nature in Corrosive Ecstasy. Critical text by Elio Schenini

(Thinking About Extreme Phenomena). Exhibitions held respectively at the

Kunstraum Dornbirn (Dornbirn, Austria) and at the Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano

(Switzerland);

Stefano Turrini. Eighth volume of the series entitled Percorsi del Colore edited by

Claudio Cerritelli. Critical texts by Lara-Vinca Masini and Claudio Cerritelli (The

Shadow of Colour: 1) Surfacings from the past; 2) From shadow to shadow; and

3) Painting the impossible). Critical anthology by G. Semeraro, P. Santi, E. Mucci,

Gallo, B. Comment, C. Cerritelli, S. Poli and L-V. Masini. Volume published by


Eugenio Carmi – The Freedom of Interpretation. Main critical texts by Claudio

Cerritelli (The Universe I Would Like – The creative path of Eugenio Carmi: 1)

The ‘humours’ of matter,from the Informal to geometry; 2) Beyond the landscape,

imagining a secret reality; and 3) Magic of colour, in the uncertainty of the unknown

and Volker W. Feierabend (Stages on the path of painting: Profile of a personality;

First figures; Painting and collage; Assemblages and minimalist solutions; Experiences in the

worlds of industry, consumption and the mass media; La Galleria del Deposito at Boccadasse;

The first electronic generator of images; The linguistic material of comics; Carm-O-Matic;

Fabric

samples, models and luminous signals; Return to painting; and The search for poetry and

sensitivity). Other texts by Vita Carlo Fedeli and Stefano Veraldi. Exhibition monograph

published by GlobArt Gallery, Acqui Terme;

Davide Cascio – Rooms Roses Polyhedrons. Critical texts by Elio Schenini

(Davide Cascio: Travel Adventures), Mounira Khemir (The Eye of the Heart in

the Aesthetic Paradigm of Davide Cascio) and Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes

(Polyhedra and Joyce: A Room for Thought). Exhibition held on the occasion of

the Manor Ticino Cultural Award 2007 at the Museo Cantonale d’Arte in Lugano.

Catalogue published by the Museo Cantonale, Manor Ticino and Edition Fink (Zurich).

2008: Rolando Tessadri. Ninth volume of the series entitled Percorsi del Colore edited by

Claudio Cerritelli. Critical texts by Giorgio Bonomi (The Emotional Grids) and

Claudio Cerritelli (Light Without Confines: 1)The luminous objectivity of the surface;

2) The silence of colour, painting without clamour; and 3) Grids of light, meshes of

imagination. Critical anthology by F. Degasperi, T. Meazzi, O. Berlanda and G. Bonomi.Volume

published by Nicolodi Editore, Rovereto;

Giovanna Bolognini – Working on Pleasure. Critical text by Raffaella Pulejo

(Drawing in Space). Sculptures and acrylics on canvas. Exhibition catalogue


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Angelo Cagnone – Hand Baggage: Works 1987-2007. Critical texts by Luca

Massimo Barbero (The House of Images, the Rooms of Life); Claudio Cerritelli

(The Changeable Enigma of Painting); Nanni Cagnone (Obscurely Yes) and

Claude Jeancolas (Abysses of Shadow, Wells of Light). Critical anthology by

O. Del Buono, M. De Micheli, N. Cagnone, F. Russolo, E. Crispolti, J. de Sanna,

V. Sgarbi, Palazzoli, E. Pontiggia and L. Caramel. Anthological exhibition held at the Casa del

Mantegna, Mantua. Catalogue published by Skira, Milan;

Pino Pinelli – Spatial Painting. Critical text by Claudio Cerritelli. Exhibition

catalogue published by Lara & Rino Costa Arte Contemporanea, Valenza Po;

Marcello Morandini – Art Architecture Design. A retrospective exhibition with

critical texts by Silvio Fuso (Marcello Morandini:Venezia Ca’ Pesaro), Marcello

Morandini (Venezia 1968/2008), Fabio Ghiradello (Forma Universalis) and Lara-

Vinca Masini. Exhibition held at the Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna Ca’

Pesaro, Venice. Catalogue published by Skira, Milan;

Tetralogy – Griffa – Mainolfi – Nunzio – Pinelli. Critical texts by Giorgio Bonomi

(Tetralogy). Exhibition catalogue published by Allegrini Arte Contemporanea, Brescia;

Samoa Rémy – Imagines faciunt saltus. Installation-cum-artist’s book with

critical text by Elio Schenini (Opening Books. OpeningImages). Books of

images of images: “This installation... is merely a fragment... that could

extend infinitely...à la Borges”. Exhibition catalogue published by the Biblioteca

Cantonale di Bellinzona (Switzerland);

Guido Strazza – Recent Works. Critical texts by Maurizio Calvesi (Homage to

Guido Strazza) and Raffaella Pulejo (“A thought becomes sign…”). Exhibition

catalogue published by Galleria Morone, Milan;

Museo Cantonale d’Arte – Lugano. New web site and programme for 2009: Cesare Lucchini

(What Remains); Stefania Beretta (In memoriam); Julius Bissier (Metaphysical Painter);

Terzaghi/Zurcher; The Face and the Gaze 1969-2009; Francis-Bott – Works from the Donation;

Art and Nature; Works from the Collection of the Museo Cantonale d’Arte; Huber.Huber; and

Fabrizio Giannini. Published by the Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano.

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2009: Giovanni Bozzi Colonna – Forcefully Stone. Critical text by Claudio Cerritelli

(Forcefully Stone: 1) The impelling need to sculpt; 2) Paths within the matter; and

3) Reliefs of time). Exhibition monograph published by the Galleria Giancarlo

Salzano Arte d’Avanguardia, Turin;

Franco Mazzucchelli – Portraits of Geometries and Plays on Air. Critical text by

Claudio Cerritelli (Portraits of Geometries and Plays On Air: 1) Environmental

installations; 2) Baleful decoration, grand enjoyment; and 3) Geometry and

imagination). Exhibition catalogue published by Galleria Morone, Milan;

Elena Debiasio – Aggregations. Critical text by Claudio Cerritelli (Aggregations and

measures of the invisible). “Particles of various nature and vibration, passing from

being part of chaos to being part of order...”. Exhibition catalogue published by

Galleria ArteStudio, Milan;

Huber.Huber – Dogs have no soul. Critical text by Elio Schenini. “If it is true that

dogs – together with other animals – do not have a soul […] it has not yet been

demonstrated that mankind possesses one…”. Limited edition artists’ book/catalogue

in Italian and English. Exhibition catalogue published by the Museo Cantonale

d’Arte, Lugano;

Georges Mathieu - Mattia Moreni - Jean-Paul Riopelle: Vehemences Confronted /

I. Critical text by Flaminio Gualdoni (Vehemences Confronted). Exhibition catalogue


Paolo Cotani – The Lobster Is A Delicate Monster. Critical text by Micol Forti: 1)

The artist as seismographer of the sign and the matter; 2) Virtual spaces, memory

and oblivion; 3) The limit of the eye, the areas of myth and the tensions of form;

and 4) Of slate and gold. Introduction by Bruno Corà: Paolo Cotani – Where the

path leads. Writings by Paolo Cotani: 1970-1978; 1979-1989; 1990-1997; and 1998-

2009. Critical anthology by A. Perilli, C. Vivaldi, G. Dalla Chiesa, I. Panicelli, G. Bonasegale, F.

Bartoli, F. Cortenova, F. Menna, R. Pasini, L. Meneghelli, J. Rykwert, E. Mascelloni, M.

Meneguzzo, Y. Aversa, P. Vivarelli and P. Ferri. Monograph/exhibition catalogue published by

LAC Lagorio Arte Contemporanea (Brescia)/Skira (Milan);

Fabrizio Giannini – Live without dead time. Critical text by Elio Schenini. “To

neutralise the unique character of actual world events by replacing them with a

multiple universe of mutually reinforcing and self-referential media. At the very

limit they become each other’s reciprocal content – and this constitutes the

totalitarian ‘message’ of the consumer society” (Baudrillard). Exhibition catalogue published

by the Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano;

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Elena Debiasio – Aggregations. Critical text by Giorgio Bonomi (The incessant

flowing of corpuscular colour). Exhibition catalogue published by LIBA Arte

Contemporanea, Pontedera (Pisa);

Atanasio Soldati – “My escapes from the abstract”. Critical text by Francesca Pola:

1) Pursuing the system of life; 2) Refining reality; 3) Compelling memories and the

shell of dreams; 4) The surreal drift: new myths; 5) Musical dynamics; and 6) The

constellations of colour. Exhibition catalogue/monograph published by LAC Lagorio

Arte Contemporanea, Brescia.

2010: Museo Cantonale d’Arte – Lugano. Programme for 2010: What’s new? A look at the emerging

art scene in Ticino; Isabelle Krieg (Wandering Through Soul Provinces); Fiorenza Bassetti

(Photographs); Gianni Metalli; Aspects of the Collection; Luca Frei; and the Gutai Movement.

Web pages and brochure published by the Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano;

Afro – Renato Birolli – Serge Poliakoff: Vehemences Confronted / II. Critical text

by Flaminio Gualdoni (Vehemences Confronted / II). Exhibition catalogue published

by Galleria Morone, Milan;

Angelo Cagnone – Andante. Recent works, fragments of stories of stories of stories:

narrative kaleidoscopes which are neither abstract nor figurative but a vortex of

individual images and signs that struggle to make themselves seen and heard in the

ordered plethora of the canvas. Exhibition held at LAC Lagorio Arte Contemporanea.

Catalogue published by Skira (Milan) and by Lagorio Arte Contemporanea (Brescia);

The Cenobio Group – Agostino Ferrari – Ugo La Pietra – Ettore Sordini – Angelo

Verga – Arturo Vermi (and Raffaele Menster). Brera (Milan) 1962: one of the many

- but indispensable - short-lived groups whose rejection of the status quo, of the

reigning Informel in Europe and the growing influence of American art, led to the

'crucible' that would create the Italian art of the decades that followed. Critical texts

by A.Vettese (The Cenobio Group), U. Ruberti (The Cernobio Adventure), A. Capaccio

(Cernobio), A.Pogliani (The Cernobio Artists) and F. Abbate (Marked Days). The volume also

includes 35 photographs of the period. Exhibition catalogue published by Galleria ArteStudio,

Milan;

Mario Raciti – Painting of the Unknown: Paintings 1959-2009. Volume edited by

Sandro Parmiggiani. Critical texts by Sandro Parmiggiani (Painting of the Unknown

[translated by Emily Ligniti]), Flaminio Gualdoni (Regarding MarioRaciti) and

Klaus Wolbert (Interiority and the Sublime in the Paintings by Mario Raciti). The

volume contains an extensive critical anthology. Catalogue in collaboration with the

Galleria Morone of Milan for the exhibition held at Palazzo Magnani (Reggio Emilia). Volume

published by Skira, Milan;

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Isabelle Krieg – Wandering Through Soul Provinces. Critical text by Elio Schenini.

A magical, subtle and complex flânerie of the soul (proclaimed by Baudelaire and

later taken up by W. Benjamin in his “Arcades”). The artist’s installation uses each of

Freud’s concepts of the Id, the Ego and the Super-ego to induce a sort of mental and

physical rite de passage in each stage of the obligatory path into and out of the installation.

Exhibition catalogue/artist’s book published by the Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano;

Sonia Costantini – The Colour Within. Edited by Federico Sardella. Critical texts

by Gabriella Belli (An Inner Path), Nino Weinstock (A chapter of the history of

art: Radical Painting), Giuseppe Panza di Biumo (A conversation with Sonia

Costantini and The Art of Sonia Costantini and the Panza di Biumo Collection),

Federico Sardella (The different vision: a conversation with Sonia Costantini and

Giorgio Colombo) and Sonia Costantini (Annotations of Colour). Exhibition catalogue

published by LAC Lagorio Arte Contemporanea, Brescia;

Mario Raciti – 40 Years of Dialogue between an Old Man and Art. Edited by Enzo

Spadon. Critical texts by Flaminio Gualdoni (Regarding Mario Raciti), Klaus

Wolbert (Interiority and the Sublime in the Paintings by Mario Raciti) and Flaminio

Gualdoni (Mario Raciti & Enzo Spadon: a conversation). Other material compiled

by Diego Viapiana. Monograph with 520 colour plates published by Silvana

Editoriale (Cinisello Balsamo – Milan);

Website translations (www.pinopinelli.it). Critical texts by Giovanni Maria Accame (A Plastic

Painting), Giorgio Bonomi (Pino Pinelli) and Matteo Galbiati (Pino Pinelli: the 1980s. Painting

in whatever case!);

Samoa Rémy – Bridges between Parallel Spheres. A conversation with Elio

Schenini, Curator of the Museo Cantonale d’Arte of Lugano, about the

artist’s latest installation forming part of the exhibition entitled “What’s

new? A look at the emerging art scene in Ticino”, held in March-May at the

Museo Cantonale, Lugano;

Pino Pinelli – Painting’s Surrounding. Critical text by Marco Meneguzzo.

Exhibition catalogue published by Villa La Versiliana, Marina di Pietrasanta (Lucca);

Marcello Morandini – Architectures of Art. Critical texts by François Burkhardt

(From Italy to Germany: the search for a propitious cultural atmosphere for a

transversal and rational vision of art) and Enrico Crispolti (text not translated).

Exhibition catalogue published by La Casa del Mantegna, Mantua;

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Nuova Pittura/Pittura Pittura/Pittura Analitica/Supports-Surfaces: Cacciola,

Cecchini, Dolla, Guarneri, Isnard, Olivieri, Pinelli, Vago, Van de Wint, Verna,

Viallat and Zappettini. Critical text by Giorgio Bonomi (The Presence of Painting:

the 1970s). Exhibition catalogue published by ArteStudio, Milan;

Luca Frei – The End of Summer. Critical text by Elio Schenini (Open Metaphors).

The artist plays on the simplicity of the “interactive mechanism based upon the

principles

of relational aesthetics […] and relational art as theorised by Nicolas Bourriaud at the

close of the 1990s”. Exhibition catalogue published by the Museo Cantonale d’Arte,

Lugano;

Roberto Almagno – Shadows. Critical text by Gabriele Simongini (The Shaman

of Wood). Exhibition catalogue published by Galleria Morone, Milan.

2011: Enrico Della Torre - “Telling the light of silence”: Paintings 1958-1962.

Critical text by Flaminio Gualdoni. Exhibition catalogue published by Galleria

Morone, Milan;

Museo Cantonale d’Arte / Museo d’Arte – Lugano. Programmes for 2011. Gutai (Painting

with Time and Space); Araki (Love and Death); Ruth and Giancarlo Moro (Works: 2006-2010);

Christian Stein Collection (A History of Italian Art); Man Ray; Ivana Falconi; Gianfredo Camesi

(Eccéité); Hugo Pratt (Hugo Pratt’s World in the Journeys of Corto Maltese); Christian

Gonzenbach; From the Baroque to the Thresholds of Modernity: 1600-1870 (Works from the

Collections of the Museo Cantonale d’Arte and the Museo d’Arte of the City of Lugano);

Consonanze (Dialogues Through Time); Pascal Schwaighofer (The Manor Award); and Adolfo

Feragutti Visconti (Anthological Perspective). Web pages and brochure published by the Museo

Cantonale d’Arte and the Museo d’Arte, Lugano;

Guido Strazza – “Destiny of the Sign”. Critical text by Flaminio Gualdoni.

Exhibition catalogue published by Galleria Morone, Milan;

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Ivana Falconi – Mirabilia. Critical text by Elio Schenini (The Redemption

of Kitsch). Irony and kitsch side by side in the artist’s coloured and crowded

‘Pop’ universe based on kitsch objects and taste: with the “…intentional and

conscious use on the part of artists […] who precisely because they are very

aware of the existence of Kitsch do not hesitate to make use of it for a diametrically

contrasting end”. (Dorfles, 1969). An artistic procedure, applicable to Falconi, which

Schenini terms ‘Transkitsch’. Exhibition catalogue published by the Museo Cantonale

d’Arte, Lugano;

Gianfredo Camesi – Eccéité. Foreword by Marco Franciolli. Critical texts by

Elio Schenini (A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Espace mesure du

temps; Forme de lumière; Chemin du corps; Vacuité; Transcendantalité

verticale; Transcendantalité horizontale; and Plénitude), Dieter Ronte (Gianfredo Camesi

or On His Search for Himself Through Art (Dialectic; Dialectic and language; Dialectic,

language and reality and Dialectic, language, reality and philosophy - Eccéité ), Walter

Tschopp (The Cologne Studio) and Ludovic Stefanicki (Biography). Other English translations

by Sarah Hyde and Margie Mounier. Contribution made to volume no. 39 of the Sophie and Karl

Binding “Sélection d’Artistes” Programme for Swiss Art Museums. Exhibition catalogue-

monograph published by the Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano;

Mattia Moreni. Anthological exhibition held at the Fondazione Michetti. Critical

text by Renato Barilli (Moreni: a brilliant path between continuity and

discontinuity). Exhibition volume published by Vallecchi, Florence;

Pascal Schwaighofer – Opoyaz. Ticino Manor Award winner of 2011, the

artist’s installations and sculptures concentrate on the interweaving of nature,

technology and culture as is evidenced by the critical text by Elio Schenini (Ut

Ars Natura Ut Natura Ars). Exhibition catalogue/artist’s book published by

Edition Fink, Zurich, and the Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano;

Artichoke 08 – articles and interviews in the review by the Department of

Visual Communication of SUPSI: Curro Claret (social designer); Pier Paolo

Cito (photoreporter); Reto Ehrbar (design studio), Bianda-Scianna (a graphic

designer and a photographer); Livio Bernasconi (artist or designer?) and

Felice Varini (an exhibition in Naples). Technical production by Cecilia

Liveriero Lavalli, Sidi Vanetti, Olivia Blum, Piotr Bugno and Davide Fornari. Published

by SUPSI – University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Lugano;

Museo Cantonale d’Arte / Museo d’Arte – Lugano. Programmes for 2012. Rolando

Raggenbass; Giorgio Morandi; Tony Cragg; Oppy De Bernardo; Swiss Art from the

Mobiliare Collection; The painter Hermann Hesse; A Window on the World; and Vincent

Kohler. Web pages and brochure published by the Museo Cantonale d’Arte and the Museo

d’Arte, Lugano.

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2012: Giorgio Olivieri. Critical text by Claudio Cerritellli (Always Possible Geometries).

Exhibition catalogue published by ArteStudio, Milan;

Giuliano Dal Molin. Critical text by Elena Forin: […] an original plastic

language […]; […] slight plastic movements […]; and the drawings.

Exhibition catalogue published by LAC Lagorio Arte Contemporanea,

Brescia;

Rolando Raggenbass. A comprehensive retrospective exhibition curated by

Elio Schenini. Critical texts by Elio Schenini (Another passe-partout), Fulvio

Papi (The destiny of the painter in Raggenbass) and Paola Tedeschi-Pellanda/

Virgilio Berardocco/Gianenrico Bernasconi (“The Garden of Forking Paths”:

The work by Rolando Raggenbass between image and word). Project research

and access to Raggenbass’ archives supplied by the artist’s widow, Luisa Figini. Exhibition

catalogue published by the Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano;

François Morellett. Critical text by Claudio Cerritelli (Environments of light

towards the infinite. The interventions in Milan by François Morellet: 1994-

2012). An examination of the “generative mechanisms of language” as seen in

the six exhibitions held in the gallery between 1994 and 2012. Catalogue published

on the occasion of the exhibition entitled François Morellet. Cloneries, Mal barrés,

Diagonales hors cadre, 2 + 4 angles droits by A arte Studio Invernizzi, Milan;

Artichoke 09 – magazine of the Department of Visual Communication of SUPSI:

That’s Attitutude – Ethics & Aesthetics: The Crisis of Modernity (Luigi Zoja) and The

Arduino Project (Massimo Banzi); Mise-en-scène: Dario Fo; Kandinsky’s Yellow

Sound – Animation - Vocal Gestures; The Typographical Image: Richard Gorman –

Calligraphy - Publishing; The Attilio Marcolli Archives; Architecture in Typography

and Typografische Monatsblätter; Graphics in Movement and the Illustration in Movement.

Technical supervision by Cecilia Liveriero Lavalli, Felix Humm and Micaela Groppelli. Published

by SUPSI – University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Lugano;

Website (www.pinopinelli.it). Text by Claudio Cerritelli entitled Harmony and Dissemination.

Regarding the Painting by Pino Pinelli. An extensive analysis of Pinelli’s art from its beginnings

up until the major exhibition held in the summer of 2012 on the Island of Lipari;

Fiorenza Bassetti. Critical text by Elio Schenini (The Weight of Lightness). The

intertwined circularity of the lemniscate (the mathematical symbol of infinity) and

the rigid and orthogonal posture of the Figure with outstretched arms in tthe form

of a cross drawn by Malevich in 1933, obsessively repeated in its miniature form on

the gallery’s first floor and presented on the ground floor in a sequence of photos of persons with

outstretched arms lit by the light of Wood’s lamp (the catalogue was printed using special

phosphorescent ink). Exhibition catalogue published by Casa Pasquée (Massagno), Lugano;

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Vincent Kohler: Wow! Recounting the Works of Vincent Kohler. A young artist

from Lausanne who uses painting, installations, the engraving and sculpture, mixing

elements of high and low culture that force the public to reflect on a phantasmagoric

poetic world based on the seriously trivial. Critical texts by Elio Schenini: Trivial

pursuit; The vast catalogues of the insignificant – For an addenda to Chapter XX of

Life: A User’s Manual by Georges Perec; The drummer’s eyes; Land of Toys; Where tales are told

of potato dragons, swimming sausages and other gastronomic wonders; The Mountebank

(Borges); When objects mysteriously come to life; and A decontextualised chameleon. Exhibition

catalogue published by the Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano;

Genesis of Doing. Critical text by Daria Ghiradini investigating the

evolution of contemporary art as it moved from traditional representation and

figuration to a new language based on the essential nature of the sign and

gesture, and a poem by Carlo Invernizzi. The exhibition includes works by

Aricò, Candeloro, Carrino, Castellani, Charlton, Ciussi, Colombo, Dadamaino, De Marchi,

Foxcroft, LeWitt, McCracken, Morellet, Nigro, Querci, Rückriem, Sonego, Staccioli, Toroni,

Tremlett, Varisco and Verjux. Exhibition catalogue published by A. arte Studio Invernizzi, Milan;

Enrico Castellani - Catalogue raisonné 1955-2005. Critical texts by Bruno Corà:

(Enrico Castellani - Art with the semantic value of language: Contexts and

Relationships; Zero and Azimuth; The surface of the canvas and the turbulence of

painting 1957-1959; The infinite and the absolute; Rhythm, proportion and the

conjugation of time; Regular and angular geometrical surfaces, diptychs, polyptychs,

baldachins/canopies and environments 1959-1967; The atypical and variations; and The difference

with Fontana and Manzoni) and by Marco Meneguzzo (Castellani’s good fortune – Or how to tie

the threads of history between the psychology of the artist and the sociology of art). The two-

volume publication also contains 15 writings selected by the artist including his artistic manifesto

“Continuità e nuovo”, published in Azimuth, no. 2, January 1960 (EPI edizioni, Milan 1960).

Volumes published by the Archivio Castellani/Skira Editore, Milan;

2013: Museo Cantonale d’Arte / Museo d’Arte – Lugano. Programmes for 2013. Mariapia Borgnini;

Angelo Monotti; Klee-Melotti; Piritta Martikainen; Reality is Not a Common Place (Photographs

and Videos from the Julius Bär Art Collection); Saul Leiter (Early Colors); Myths and Mysteries

(Symbolism and Swiss Artists); and Marianne Engel. The season also includes a series of three ad

hoc projects housed in the Limonaia of Villa Saroli in Lugano: the exhibitions of Zimoun in the

Spring, of Valentina De Mathà in the Summer and of the duo Nevercrew (Christian Rebecchi and

Pablo Togni) in the Autumn;

Fontana has touched the Moon [Raffaele Carrieri] – Light and space in the

environments by Lucio Fontana. Critical contribution by Francesca Pola to the

symposium entitled “The Medium of Light in the Context of the Neo-avantgarde in

the 1950s and 1960s” , held at the Heinrich-Heine University in Düsseldorf and

organised by the Zero Foundation. Volume published by the Heinrich-Heine University

and the Zero Foundation, Düsseldorf.

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Rodolfo Aricò. Critical texts by Luca Massimo Barbero (Objects of Painting and

Painting of Space) and Francesca Pola (Rodolfo Aricò and the Sixties. Centrality and

Originality of a Contemporary Classic). This is a section of the more extensive

exhibition entitled Postwar: Italian Protagonists, curated by Luca Massimo

Barbero and held at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.. Catalogue published

by the Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (New

York) and in partnership with the Archivio Rodolfo Aricò (Milan);

Maria Lai – Traces of a Distracted God. Critical text by Manuela Gandini (The

tireless fairy with the hands of a man). Exhibited are examples of Maria Lai’s

poetic and surreal world that is literally held together with stitched threads: medieval

maps and geographies, apparently unreadable manuscripts and books, places made

tangible with seemingly independent threads. Exhibition catalogue published by the

Nuovo Galleria Morone, Milan;

Carlo Ciussi. Critical text by Massimo Donà (The alphabets of the unknowable –

Carlo Ciussi and the scratches of origin). The author’s text accompanies a ‘retrospective’

exhibition of this artist’s work one year after his death. Also on exhibit are works which were

especially created for the gallery. Exhibition catalogue published by A arte Studio

Invernizzi, Milan;

Piritta Martikainen – Present Light. Critical text by Elio Schenini (Time in

Exposure). The artist works in the fields of photography and the video and concentrates

her research on the relationships between people, nature, memory and the passing of

time. Her works bring to mind the mealleability of pictorial matter. Exhibition catalogue

published by the Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano;

Photographs and videos from the Julius Bär Collection. Critical text by Elio

Schenini (Reality is Not a Commonplace). An exhibition of a specific part of the

Bank’s large collections of works of art which in the case of photography and the

video investigate the complex and fascinating relationship between the image and

reality. Exhibition catalogue published by the Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano;

Günter Umberg. Critical text by Paolo Bolpagni (Günter Umberg. Painting as

body and thought). In the words of the critic: Günter Umberg’s objective, his

utopia, is “the identification of the painter and the spectator with the body of

painting, in the depth (Tiefe) of the monochrome, and the achievement in this way

of lost unity”. Exhibition catalogue published by A arte Studio Invernizzi, Milan;

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Artichoke 10 - magazine of the Department of Visual Communication of SUPSI:

Death in the West and Children; BW-Photo; Interview: with Urs Lehni – Call it Rollo

Press!, The book as an art object: interview with Christoph Schifferli; NORM:

interview with Dimitri Bruni, Manuel Krebs and Ludovic Varone; Type design Made in

Switzerland: interview with François Rappo; Travelling in the Project: interview with

Roberto Ostinelli; and an interview with Pe Lang. Project supervision by Sidi Vanetti, project leader

Fulvia Lepori Gabbrielli. Volume published by SUPSI – University of Applied Sciences and Arts of

Southern Switzerland, Lugano;

David Tremlett / Michel Verjux – The Space of a Duo. Critical text by Elena Forin.

“The first datum that appears in conjointly analysing the work […] is a profound

linguistic and formal difference which does not exclude the emerging of an extremely

strong common ground of research that is focused on the need to face space in a

specific way”. Exhibition catalogue published by A Arte Studio Invernizzi, Milan;

Marines – Morterone: Même Combat. Works from the Billarant Collection. Carl

Andre, Robert Barry, Stanley Brouwn, Peter Downsbrough, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt,

Claude Rutault, Fred Sandback and Lawrence Weiner. Critical text by Francesca Pola.

Exhibition catalogue published by the Comune di Morterone, Province of Lecco;

Marianne Engel – Jackalope. Critical text by Elio Schenini. “The fantastic of

which the artist tries to give us “plausible images” by way of her work is simply the

constant metamorphosis in which every form of matter and energy in everyday life

is involved”. Catalogue published by the Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano;

Roman Opalka / Daniela Comani - Judicious Couplings. Critical text by Angela

Madesani: “… Both have worked on the theme of time. Not in a merely conceptual

and philosophical sense but going to the very heart of the question. Both have

worked on their own identities…[…]. Exhibition catalogue published by Nuova

Galleria Morone, Milan;

Nelio Sonego – The Epiphany of the Colour-Sign. Critical text by Paolo Bolpagni:

“[…] The series entitled Orizzontaleverticale was begun in 2003 and has since then

undergone various evolutions, research works, passages and changes both in its formal

configuration and the use of materials and techniques – ranging from the pastel to the

aerosol spray to the recent use of acrylics […]”. Exhibition catalogue published by A

Arte Studio Invernizzi, Milan;

Eltjon Valle - There Will Be Oil . Critical text by Francesco Poli: “[…] what should

be underlined in Eltjon Valle’s work is the intelligent and sensitive ability to activate

the the concrete dimension of reality […] by way of the refined processes of

formalisation that are contemporaneously charged with “information”, new and

unusual expressive quality”. Exhibition catalogue published by Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan;

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Santiago Calatrava – The Metamorphoses of Space. Exhibition curated by Micol

Forti. Presentation by Antonio Paolucci. Critical texts by Micol Forti, Rosalia

Pagliarani, Francesca Boschetti and an essay by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi.

Exhibition housed in the Braccio di Carlo Magno (colonnade of St. Peter’s

Square), Vatican City. On exhibit are approximately 140 works of architectural models and their

preparatory studies, watercolours and a selection of sculptures. Exhibition catalogue published by

Edizioni Musei Vaticani, Vatican City State, Rome.

2014: Flavio Paolucci – From Hidden Paths: 1989-2013. Critical texts by Elio Schenini

(Dwelling in Homelessness), Hans Rudolf Reust (Worlds between Object and

Image) and Martin Kunz (Flavio Paolucci in the ‘70s). The exhibition’s title

refers to the inextricable art-cum-nature relationship that is experienced in the

intimacy of its existential dimension and which has always characterised the work

of this still vital octogenarian Ticinese artist. Exhibition catalogue published by the Museo

Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano;

The Musical Eye. "An exhibition dedicated to the relationship between music and

the visual arts […]. A time to display and a harmony to look for…". Critical text

by Alfonso Alberti. Works on exhibit by Gianni Colombo, Rodolfo Aricò, Carlo

Ciussi, Dadamaino, Riccardo De Marchi, François Morellet, Mario Nigro, Bruno

Querci, Niele Toroni, David Tremlett and Günter Umberg. Exhibition catalogue

published by A arte Invernizzi, Milan;

Samoa Rémy – Division Leads to Multiplication: Manor Ticino Art Award 2014.

The artist, thanks to her large installations – but also drawings and engravings –

inside which she recontextualises visual fragments from the most diverse sources

into new semantic universes […] manages to render up to date those elements taken

from the immense iconographical repertory which history has left in its wake.

Exhibition catalogue published by the Museo d’Arte Cantonale, Lugano;

Disquieting Muses – portraits by apprehensive painters. Critical text by Chiara

Gatti (Inside the Mirror). An exhibition that explores the existential condition of the

artist through the “empathetic dialogue between artists and models […]. In short, to

depict the faces of others means to a certain degree also portraying one’s own”. The

works on exhibit are by Rembrandt, Agenore Fabbri, Lucian Freud, Gianfranco

Ferroni, Karl Plattner, Georg Baselitz, Giuseppe Bergomi, Giovanni Sesia, Domenico Grenci,

Sylvester Ambroziak and Marco Rufo Perroni. Exhibition catalogue published by the Nuova

Galleria Morone, Milan;

Nanni Balestrini – Dominating the Visible. Critical texts by Francesca Pola (Neri,

Exactness-Ambiguity, Communication-Expression, Visible-Invisible and Density-

Rarefaction). Two new cycles by this poet, novelist and artist - “The Blacks” and

“The Masters of Colour” – in which he continues to investigate the relation between

word and image. Exhibition catalogue published in the Quaderni della Fondazione

Marconi series (no. 13), Foundation Marconi, Milan;

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Marco Grimaldi – Svegliami [Wake Me Up]. Critical text by Riccardo Zelatore:

“... painting is not a language which is the prerogative of an élite of the

sophisticated, cultured and perhaps elderly connoisseur. It isn’t and it shouldn’t be

considered in this way […] and Marco Grimaldi shows this…”. Exhibition

catalogue published by the Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan;

Nicola Carrino. Critical texts by Luca Massimo Barbero (A Fertile Continuity),

Francesca Pola (Humanistic Vision of Transformation) and Nicola Carrino

(Villa Pisani project 2013-2014: “Sculpture is the form of the place; rather, it is

th a place itself”). Forming this project were the following works: Ricostruttivo

Palladio 2013.2014; Costruttivo 1/69 C (1975); and Comunicazione 1969-2014.

Exhibition catalogue published by Arte Contemporanea a Villa Pisani, no. 6, Villa Pisani

Bonetti, Bagnolo di Lonigo (Vicenza);

Lindsay Kemp – The Wednesday Drawings. Exhibition curated by Rosanna

Padrini Dolcini and Federico Sardella. Forty works unshown or created for the

occasion: works on paper but also a series of photographs by Carlo Rocchi

Bilancini depicting Kemp’s improvisations. Critical texts by Lindsay Kemp

(Dancing Drawings) and Federico Sardella (The Big Wednesday). Exhibition

catalogue published by the Fondazione Cominelli, Cisano di San Felice;

Arcangelo Sassolino. Critical texts by Luca Massimo Barbero (A Fertile

Continuity), Francesca Pola (Devices of Future Energies) and by Arcangelo

Sassolino who explains not only his most recent works (photographic portraits as

falsity) but also the other works by him on exhibit, including the small work entitled

Analisi. Exhibition catalogue published by Arte Contemporanea a Villa Pisani, no. 6,

Villa Pisani Bonetti, Bagnolo di Lonigo (Vicenza);

Artichoke 11 – magazine of the Department of Visual Communication of

SUPSI: I’ve half a mind to present Aoi [Huber] to you (Daria Bianco and

Giulia Cristina Tassi); Reto Rigassi:Nothing better than nature (Eleonora

Zorzi and Valentina Marafioti); Lucille Tenazas (Giada Frigerio); Not

everything that seems ecological actually is – Giampiero Bosoni (Luca

Menghini); Interview with Reza Abedini (Hamid Seyed Moosavi); Daito Manabe (Mara

Mazzolini); Le monde de Camille Scherrer (Anna Masdea and Monica Caneva); Me, as a

photographer? – Christian Tagiavini (Sharon Scimè); and A-NOT-TO-BE-READ

INTERVIEW – Samuel Nyholm [SANY] (Lorenzo Gada). Leader of the project Fulvia Lepori

Gabbrielli and project supervision by Sidi Vanetti. Volume published by SUPSI – University of

the Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Lugano;

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Una Szeemann & Bohdan Stehlik – That which isn’t isn’t that which…. Critical

text by Elio Schenini (The Visible and the Invisible). “With a variety of artistic

languages – ranging from the video to photography, sculpture and installations – the

two artists investigate the complex and often ambiguous relationship between truth

and illusion, reality and appearance. […] The often deceptive mechanisms of

perception and the subtle difference that distinguishes the oneiric dimension or the

imaginary from reality are the artists’ fundamental themes”. Exhibition catalogue


Too Loud A Solitude. Critical text by Angela Madesani. The title of the

exhibition is taken from autobiographical masterpiece by the Czech writer

Bohumil Hrabal. The theme of solitude is evoked in various ways but it is

underlined as always being our fellow-traveller, whether we want it or not.

The artists: Pierpaolo Curti, Felix Curto, Francesco Diluca, Inés Fontenla,

Domenico Grenci, Antonio Marchetti Lamera, Roman Opalka, Paola Risoli and Francesca

Woodman. Exhibition catalogue published by the Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan;

Grazia Varisco – Ventilati. Critical text by Francesca Pola (Empathy and

Interference. Archetypes of relation in the work of Grazia Varisco): “From

its outset the work by Grazia Varisco was always characterised by creating

the maximum possible involvement on the part of the observer, both in psychic

and sensorial terms, by means of a visual language of extreme essentialness and

simplicity”. Exhibition catalogue published by A arte Invernizzi, Milan;

Annaïk Lou Pitteloud – Exercise in the Present State. Critical text by Elio

Schenini (IT BEGINS IN LUGANO. Towards a tetralogical reading of the

work by Annaïk Lou Pitteloud: an exercise on the present-day state): I The

triadic order; II Exercitium conceptualis; III The democracy to come; and

IV It Begins in Lugano. During the last few years her approach has been

increasingly more conceptual, carrying out a both rigorous and extremely controlled

artistic exercise of the means employed. Her investigation centres on the interconnection of artistic

questions with the political, social and economic realities of today. Exhibition catalogue


A Body for Glory: Theology of the Body in the Papal Collections. The

Ancients, Michelangelo and John Paul II. Critical texts by Elizabeth Lev

and José Granados: Egypt: the Body between Decomposition and Immortality;

Ancient Greece: Logos in the Body; Rome and Hellenism: The Body of

Suffering and Force and the Apotheosis of Man; The First Christians;

Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel; and The Glory: Michelangelo and the Last Judgement.

Foreword by Antonio Paolucci. Edizioni Musei Vaticani, Vatican City State, Rome.

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2015: Bonalumi Sculptures. Critical texts by Francesca Pola (Agostino Bonalumi.

Sculpture: body of space and thought; Painting-object and sculpture; The

large sculpture The scenic space as place of sculpture; Transparencies;

and Dynamisms), Stefano Setti (Plastic-visual objects. From sculpture to

architecture) and Matteo Maria Rondanelli (Five encounters for a sculpture.

Genesis of sculpture; and Bronzes). Exhibition catalogue–anthology

published by Mazzoleni Art London and NumerOzerOeditore (Milan), in collaboration

with the Archivio Bonalumi (Milan);

Antonio Scaccabarozzi. Critical text by Elisabetta Longari (Introduction to

the Void: light blue isn’t measured with the mind). An exhibition of the

artist’s work that includes all of his major phases: his (blue) watercolours, the

blue polyethylene “Plastics”, the “Sensitised Surfaces”, his punched works, the

“Prevalences” and “Volumes”, his “Quantities of Colour”, “Essentials” and the

“Veilings”. Exhibition catalogue published by the Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan;

François Morellet – One More Time. Critical text by Enrico Mascelloni

(François Morellet or the Rigour of Ambiguity): “His contemporary works

[…] suggest a musical progression, simulating a dimension of depth and even a

sequence of cubes, to then negate them, […] taking us back to the substance of

Morellet’s work, to the necessary rigour which alone allows perception to become

aware and, in consequence, enjoy its own ambiguity”. Exhibition catalogue published

by A arte Invernizzi, Milan;

Bertozzi & Casoni – Non Ricordo [I Don’t Remember]. Critical texts by Federico

Sardella (The Final Lie; The Images We Have Inside; and a conversation with the

two artists): “The work by Bertozzi & Casoni is mendacious and leads us to an

alluring and ‘sweet’ sinking amidst the rubble and contradictions of our society

characterised by a decadent beauty, by a heartless consumerism and by unlimited

lies which we often believe, whether we like it or not”, even if at the heart of the exhibition “the

Pinocchio by Bertozzi & Casoni doesn’t remember”. Exhibitions and catalogue by the Galleria

Tega (Milan) and Claudio Poleschi Arte Contemporanea (Lucca);

Hermann Goepfert – Light as an agent in art: ZERO art by Hermann Goepfert.

A comprehensive monograph by Beate Kemfert treating the works by this German

member of the ZERO Movement, including his White Pictures, White Reflectors, his

extraordinary work “Optophonium” and his later Kinetic Reflectors. From among the

ZERO artists Goepfert most vigorously integrated art and architecture. Critical texts

by Beate Kemfert, Ulrike Schmitt and Francesca Pola (Hermann Goepfert, Piero

Manzoni and Lucio Fontana. Notes regarding Frankfurt, “node” in the network of the

European Neo-avant-garde). Monograph published by the Dierking Galerie am Paradeplatz

(Zurich) and Hatje Cantz Verlag (Ostfildern and Berlin);

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ZERO: The International Art Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The

exhibition comprises 45 of Zero’s most representative artists. Catalogue

edited by Dirk Pörschmann and Margriet Schavemaker (Berlin –

Amsterdam). Critical texts by Antoon Melissen, Johan Pas, Thekla Zell,

Francesca Pola (The Image Redefined. Poetics of Zeroing in the

European Neo-avant-garde) and a conversation between Mattijs Visser and Daniel Birnbaum.

Exhibitions held at the Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum in Berlin (21 March – 8 June) and at the

Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam titled Let Us Explore the Stars (4 July – 8 November).

Catalogue published by the ZERO Foundation (Frankfurt) and by Verlag der Buchhandlung

Walther König (Köln);

Pietro Donzelli (1915-1998) – Luce. Fotografien. Critical texts by Beate Kemfert,

Giovanna Calvenzi, Christina Leber and Renate Siebenhaar. Monograph of the

works of this atypical neorealist Italian photographer who spent most of his life

promoting other photographers despite his undoubted influence on Italian

photography. All the photographs on exhibit are silver gelatin prints. Exhibition

held at the Opelvillen in Rüsselheim, sponsored by the DZ Bank Kunstsammlung

(Frankfurt am Main), Catalogue published by Verlag Nimbus (Wädenswil);

The Italian Neo-Renaissance: Agostino Bonalumi and Paolo Scheggi - Postwar

Classics of Italian Art of the 1960s [through some New York notes of around

1966-1968]. Critical text by Francesca Pola: Postwar Italian art seen as being the “crucial

shift in Italian culture as a whole that reconstructed its own plural identity out of the ruins of World War II+[+] In their uniqueness and peculiarity the works by Bonalumi and Scheggi testify to this wonderful event of contemporary Italian neo-renaissance with surprising actuality”. This exhibition was promoted by the Robilant+Voena galleries and held at the

Moretti Fine Art gallery in New York;

Artichoke 12 - magazine of the Department of Visual Communication of SUPSI:

postcard by Alessandro Serravalle; interview with Philippe Apeloig regarding his

exhibition TYPOAPELOIG; Time to GTF, Graphic Thought Facility interview; a

discussion with Fritz Gottschalk; Text as Image, an interview with Corbin Mahieu;

“It’s really easy graphic design!”, reflections with Jonas Berthod; The Smells of

Photography, an interview with the photojournalist Francesco Zizola; Unexpected

Tattoos by Chaim; and “It is expressly forbidden to shoot at the pianist!”, interview

with Francesca Badalini. Leader of the Artichoke 12 project Fulvia Lepori Gabbrielli and project

supervision by Sidi Vanetti. Volume published by SUPSI – University of the Applied Sciences

and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Lugano;

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Leonida De Filippi – New Borders. Critical text by Volker W. Feierabend

(Painting as an instrument for a critical discussion treating the practices of visual

media information): “These are not only excellent examples of the creative abilities

of a young artist of today’s Italian art scene […] but are outstanding manifestations

that painting is very far from having exhausted its actuality and its innovative

potential”. Exhibition catalogue published by the Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan;

Hsiao Chin - Journey Through the Universe. Exhibition and catalogue

supervised by Francesca Pola. Critical texts by Francesca Pola (Hsiao Chin: Life

in Equilibrium; and Vibrations of Vitality: an interview with Hsiao Chin by

Francesca Pola); Marco Ticozzi (The work of Hsiao Chin, expectation and the

infinite); Luca Zaffarano (Ten questions put to Hsiao Chin); and Giampaolo Co’

(Symmetry). Exhibition catalogue published by Robilant+Voena, Milan;

Permanent Collection of Contemporary Jewellery housed in the rooms of the

Raffaele Cominelli Foundation. Critical texts by Rosanna Padrini Dolcini, Rita

Marcangelo and Dario Bellini. The collection is subdivided into the following

Sections: Conceptual Jewellery; Design Jewellery; Historical Research

Jewellery; and Aesthetic Research Jewellery. Catalogue of the entire collection

published by the Fondazione Raffaele Cominelli, Cisano di San Felice (Brescia);

Mariella Bettineschi – The Next Era. The critical text of this series of photographs

by Francesca Pasini (The next era: vacuums of air and two-fold visions of the eye). In

the artist’s own words: “The next era is deducible from what happened before

although it is never totally focused while it is lived. Consequently, these vacuums of

air allude to the unexpected, the unforeseen and to the not yet definable”. Exhibition

catalogue published by the Nuova Galleria Morone, Milan;

Francesco Candeloro – Signs of Light. Critical texts by Tommaso Trini

(The Horizons’ Own Light) and Ara H. Merjian (Building with light: The work

of Francesco Candeloro). As Trini writes: “Everywhere among the arts there’s

light in the radiation of the visible and yet no creative tradition – that does not

produce design – is specifically marked with the name of light […] More than any

other luminist artist who has run this course in modernity, who coloured for God or

illuminated for the Ego, Francesco Candeloro […] shares the radiant field of his

perfectible plastic installations with the distracted scopic field of anyone of us who raises his or her

gaze […]. Exhibition catalogue published by A arte Invernizzi, Milan;

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The Artist as Curator – Collaborative Initiatives in the International ZERO

Movement, 1957-1967. An in-depth focus on the artists who organised their

own exhibitions and events and who published their own catalogues and artistic

material, in this way freeing themselves from the “official” art system of those

years. Volume edited by Tiziana Caianiello and Mattijs Visser. Critical texts by

Dirk Pörschmann, Antoon Melissen, Francesca Pola (Artists take the Lead:

Strategies of Imagination in Italy 1957-1967), Johan Pas, Ulrike Schmitt, Andres Pardey, Stephan

Geiger, Antje Von Graevenitz, Serge Lemoine, Beate Kemfert, Tiziana Caianiello, Thekla Zell, Tina

Rivers and Caroline de Westenholz. Catalogue published by the ZERO Foundation (Düsseldorf)

and by MER Paper Kunsthalle (Ghent);

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Documents

milan italy

milan new context

critical texts

milan joe tilson

milan lucio fontana

milan enrico baj

milan franco vaccari

milan ernesto treccani