Marco Bagnoli's Comprehensive Monograph Published by Skira

A substantial monograph on Marco Bagnoli, edited by Germano Celant, has been published by Skira. The 514-page volume traces Bagnoli's career from his birth in Empoli in 1949 through his early studies in chemistry and philosophical readings, to his emergence as a key figure in Italian contemporary art. Bagnoli participated four times in the Venice Biennale and twice in Documenta in Kassel, and created site-specific works for historically and religiously significant locations in Tuscany, including the Cappella Pazzi in Florence, the Villa Medicea dei Cento Camini in Artimino, the Sala Ottagonale of the Fortezza da Basso in Florence, the Basilica di San Miniato al Monte, the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, the Leopolda station, and the Boboli Gardens. The book is structured chronologically, with early sections covering 1949-1969 and later periods condensed to two-year or one-year intervals, each featuring photographs of works, documents, catalog covers, and excerpts from texts and interviews. Celant's introductory essay, titled "Senza affrettare risposte su Marco Bagnoli," frames the artist's practice as a reservoir that allows him to awaken in each situation and propose life as a play of antagonistic polarities, creating dialogues between inside and outside, urban structure and spacetime. The monograph also references Bagnoli's works such as "Albe of Zonsopgangen" (1984) and installations at Bolognano and Montelupo Fiorentino, with photography by Luigi Ghirri.