Six Books on Italian Artists: From Giorgio Andreotta Calò to Baj & Nespolo
Recent publications spotlight contemporary Italian artists. Giorgio Andreotta Calò's 'Gloria' (Humboldt Books, 2021) captures his 40-day journey along the Gloria fault line from Venice to L'Aquila, interweaving personal reflections with iPhone images. A catalog, curated by Bruno Di Marino for Silvana Editoriale (2021), complements Paolo Gioli's retrospective 'Antologica/Analogica' at Museo Castromediano and Palazzo Tupputi, featuring essays by Marco Senaldi and Sandra Lischi. Daniele Sigalot's 'A portrait of everyone, everywhere' (Skira, 2020) showcases 12 portraits at Milan's Malpensa airport. Cosimo Veneziano's 'Biomega Multiverso' (Nero, 2020) merges exhibition documentation with essays, while Stefano Boccalini's 'La ragione delle mani' (Archive Books, 2021) delves into manual versus intellectual labor. Lastly, 'Enrico Baj – Nespolo' (Skira, 2020) details the bond between Baj and Nespolo.
Key facts
- Giorgio Andreotta Calò walked from Venice to L'Aquila in 40 days along the Gloria fault line.
- The book 'Gloria' includes about 50 iPhone photographs.
- Paolo Gioli's retrospective 'Antologica/Analogica' was held at Museo Castromediano in Lecce and Palazzo Tupputi in Bisceglie.
- Daniele Sigalot's 'A portrait of everyone, everywhere' is installed at Malpensa airport in Milan.
- Cosimo Veneziano's 'Biomega Multiverso' includes a reader with essays on art, neuroscience, and agriculture.
- Stefano Boccalini won the Italian Council grant for his project 'La ragione delle mani'.
- Enrico Baj and Ugo Nespolo collaborated on experimental films in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- The Baj-Nespolo book includes an unpublished text by Nespolo and a 1980 essay by Baj.
Entities
Artists
- Giorgio Andreotta Calò
- Paolo Gioli
- Daniele Sigalot
- Cosimo Veneziano
- Stefano Boccalini
- Enrico Baj
- Ugo Nespolo
- Bruno Di Marino
- Marco Senaldi
- Sandra Lischi
- Luca Beatrice
- Chiara Guidi
- Andrea Staid
- Marco Antelmi
- Vincenzo Estremo
- Adelina von Fürstenberg
- Giorgio Marconi
Institutions
- Humboldt Books
- Silvana Editoriale
- Skira
- Nero
- Archive Books
- Museo Castromediano
- Palazzo Tupputi
- Malpensa airport
- Maison Tavel
- Art for the World Europa
- Italian Council
- Tenuta Cucco
- Fondazione La Raia
- Museo di Latronico
- Camera (Torino)
- Triennale di Milano
- Palazzo Ducale di Genova
- Reggia di Caserta
- Berheimer gallery
Locations
- Venice
- L'Aquila
- Lecce
- Bisceglie
- Milan
- Malpensa
- Rome
- Cape Town
- Moscow
- Barcelona
- Serralunga d'Alba
- Novi Ligure
- Latronico
- Matera
- Turin
- Val Camonica
- Geneva
- Berlin
- Beijing