Six New Art Books: From Bouabré to Tom of Finland
A roundup of six recent art publications includes a monograph on Luigi Pericle edited by Andrea Biasca-Caroni (Nino Aragno, €25), featuring essays in Italian and English; a catalog for Fabiola Naldi's exhibition 'Libero Spazio Libero' at Fondazione Del Monte di Bologna (Sete, €20), with writings by Martha Rosler, Giulia Niccolai, Claudia Losi, Lucy Orta, and Claire Fontaine; Giorgio Bacci's 'Confini. Viaggiare nell'arte contemporanea' (Postmedia Books, €21), exploring borders and identity; César Aira's 2010 lecture 'Sull’arte contemporanea' (Johan & Levi, €10), focusing on Marcel Duchamp; the MoMA exhibition catalog 'Frédéric Bruly Bouabré. Un monde sans limites' (5 Continents, €29), tied to a donation of 45 works from the Jean Pigozzi Collection of African Art; and 'Tom of Finland. An Imaginary Sketchbook' (Skira, €32), showcasing the artist's erotic drawings.
Key facts
- Luigi Pericle (born Pericle Luigi Giovannetti, 1916–2001) was a Swiss-Italian illustrator and painter who later became a hermit.
- His archive was rediscovered in 2016 when his last home was purchased after being sealed for 15 years.
- Pericle had solo shows at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (Venice, 2019) and MASI Lugano (2021), and a forthcoming one at Estorick Collection London from September 2022.
- Fabiola Naldi's exhibition 'Libero Spazio Libero' was held at Fondazione Del Monte di Bologna during Arte Fiera week.
- The catalog includes five previously unavailable texts by Giulia Niccolai and translations of Martha Rosler's works.
- Giorgio Bacci teaches contemporary art history at the University of Florence.
- César Aira is an Argentine writer born in 1949, known for producing at least two books per year.
- The MoMA exhibition 'Frédéric Bruly Bouabré. Un monde sans limites' runs until mid-August 2022.
- Tom of Finland is a 20th-century gay icon known for explicit drawings of muscular men.
Entities
Artists
- Luigi Pericle
- Pericle Luigi Giovannetti
- Fabiola Naldi
- Martha Rosler
- Giulia Niccolai
- Claudia Losi
- Lucy Orta
- Claire Fontaine
- Giorgio Bacci
- César Aira
- Marcel Duchamp
- Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
- Tom of Finland
- André Magnin
- Roberto Bolaño
- Italo Zuffi
- Chiara Guidi
- Carla Lonzi
- Walter Benjamin
- Lorenza Pignatti
Institutions
- Archivio Luigi Pericle
- Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa
- MASI Lugano
- Estorick Collection
- Società Teosofica Svizzera
- Nino Aragno
- Fondazione Del Monte di Bologna
- Arte Fiera
- Sete
- Postmedia Books
- University of Florence
- Johan & Levi
- MoMA
- Jean Pigozzi Collection of African Art
- 5 Continents
- Skira
- Artribune
Locations
- Basilea
- Switzerland
- Ascona
- Venice
- Italy
- Lugano
- London
- United Kingdom
- Torino
- Bologna
- Faenza
- Milano
- Firenze
- Monza
- New York
- United States