Six New Art Books: From Bruno Zevi to Sophie Calle
A roundup of six recent art and architecture publications. Rosario Pavia's 'Bruno Zevi uomo di periferia' (Bordeaux, 2022) examines Zevi's concept of 'urbatettura' and his advocacy for participatory design, contrasting the Carta di Atene with the Carta del Machu Picchu. Sophie Calle's 'Storie vere' (Contrasto, 2022) collects short texts paired with images, exploring fact and fiction. Pietro C. Marani's 'I segreti della pittura da Leonardo a Picasso' (24 Ore Cultura, 2022) unveils behind-the-scenes details of sixteen masterpieces, including the Mona Lisa. Chi Ta-wei's dystopian novel 'Membrana' (add editore, 2022), originally published in 1995, anticipates themes of 'Matrix' with a cyberpunk, queer narrative set in an underwater city in 2100. 'Photomachinées' (5 Continents, 2022), curated by Antoine Gentil and Lucas Reitalov, presents anonymous photographic works from the Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne. Finally, 'Pietro Roccasalva. Chi è che ride' (Mousse Publishing, 2022) accompanies the artist's exhibition at Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati in Lugano through December 12, with essays by Ari H. Merjian and Flavia Frigeri.
Key facts
- Rosario Pavia's 'Bruno Zevi uomo di periferia' published by Bordeaux in 2022, 96 pages, €10.
- Sophie Calle's 'Storie vere' published by Contrasto in 2022, 144 pages, €21.90.
- Pietro C. Marani's 'I segreti della pittura da Leonardo a Picasso' published by 24 Ore Cultura in 2022, 352 pages, €119.
- Chi Ta-wei's 'Membrana' originally published in 1995, Italian edition by add editore in 2022, 156 pages, €20.
- 'Photomachinées' edited by Antoine Gentil and Lucas Reitalov, published by 5 Continents in 2022, 184 pages, €32.
- 'Pietro Roccasalva. Chi è che ride' edited by Bruna Roccasalva, published by Mousse Publishing in 2022, 132 pages, €30.
- Pietro Roccasalva exhibition at Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati, Lugano, until December 12.
- Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne received a donation of 'photomachinées' from Antoine Gentil and Lucas Reitalov.
Entities
Artists
- Sophie Calle
- Pietro C. Marani
- Chi Ta-wei
- Pietro Roccasalva
- Bruno Zevi
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Pablo Picasso
- Jean Dubuffet
- Ari H. Merjian
- Flavia Frigeri
- Bruna Roccasalva
- Rosario Pavia
- Adriano Olivetti
- Roberto Pinto
- Sarah Lombardi
- Antoine Gentil
- Lucas Reitalov
- Jacques Lacan
- William Shakespeare
- Manuel Puig
- Pedro Almodóvar
- Robert Altman
- François Truffaut
- Rei Kawakubo
- Issey Miyake
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Stephen King
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Ingmar Bergman
- Italo Calvino
- Jacques Derrida
- Luchino Visconti
- Gustav Mahler
- Christo
Institutions
- Bordeaux
- Contrasto
- 24 Ore Cultura
- add editore
- 5 Continents
- Mousse Publishing
- Collection de l'Art Brut
- Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati
- INU – Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica
- IN/ARCH – Istituto Nazionale di Architettura
- L'Architettura: cronaca e storia
- L'Espresso
- Postmedia Books
- Macrohard
- Artribune
Locations
- Lausanne
- Switzerland
- Lugano
- Rome
- Italy
- Milan
- Turin
- Venice
- Modena
- Peru
- Taiwan
- Tokyo
- Japan