Six New Art Books: From Mauro Porcini to Arnaldo Pomodoro
A roundup of six recently published art and culture books. Mauro Porcini, PepsiCo's global chief design officer, releases his first book "L'età dell'eccellenza" (Il Saggiatore, 2021), blending theory and practice on innovation and creativity. The photographic catalog "Femminismo e movimenti delle donne a Napoli e in Campania 1968-2018" (Gesualdo Edizioni) documents feminist struggles in Campania, curated by Luisa Festa. "Olimpia Zagnoli Caleidoscopica" (Lazy Dog Press) anthologizes a decade of the illustrator's work across media. Stefano Chiodi's "Genius loci. Anatomia di un mito italiano" (Quodlibet) traces the genealogy of the genius loci concept in Italian culture from post-unification to the present. Tommaso Gurrieri's "Serge Gainsbourg. L'homme à tête de chou" (Edizioni Clichy) commemorates the 30th anniversary of Gainsbourg's death with a concise biography. Finally, Arnaldo Pomodoro's online Catalogue Raisonné has added a new section on scenography, featuring photographs, sketches, and posters from his stage designs, with enhanced search functionality.
Key facts
- Mauro Porcini is Chief Design Officer at PepsiCo since 2012.
- Porcini's book is titled 'L'età dell'eccellenza – Come innovazione e creatività possono costruire un mondo migliore'.
- The feminist photography catalog covers 1968-2018 in Naples and Campania.
- Olimpia Zagnoli's anthology covers the last 10 years of her career.
- Stefano Chiodi's book analyzes the genius loci myth in Italy from post-unification to today.
- Serge Gainsbourg died on March 2, 1991 in Paris.
- Arnaldo Pomodoro's online catalogue raisonné added a scenography section on May 18, 2021.
- The catalogue raisonné now allows cross-sectional searches.
Entities
Artists
- Mauro Porcini
- Olimpia Zagnoli
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Jane Birkin
- Arnaldo Pomodoro
- Stefano Chiodi
- Tommaso Gurrieri
- Luisa Festa
- Lana del Rey
- Tiesto
- Jovanotti
- Piero Ruggeri
- Roberto Guicciardini
- Antonia Mulas
Institutions
- PepsiCo
- Il Saggiatore
- Gesualdo Edizioni
- Presidenza del Consiglio Regionale della Campania
- Commissione Regionale Pari Opportunità
- Consulta per la Condizione della donna
- Osservatorio sul fenomeno della violenza sulle donne
- Lazy Dog Press
- Quodlibet
- Edizioni Clichy
- Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
- Artribune
Locations
- Milano
- Italy
- Napoli
- Campania
- Grottaminarda AV
- Macerata
- Firenze
- Parigi
- France
- Roma
- Torino