Demetrio Paparoni

Gianni Mercurio

Fabbrica del Vapore (Milan, Italy)

Comprising of sketchbook drawings, paintings, architectural models, and sculpture dating from 1974 to the present day, DIRTY CORNER focuses on the consistent concert in Anish Kapoor's work with the void: as vertiginous fall, as wound and as origin. Featuring previously unpublished material, this volume reveals the integral contiguity of these issues in Kapoor's work and offers an invaluable insight into the artist's practise.--fascia.

Dirty Corner

Anish Kapoor

This is a large monograph, in an impressive format, that brings together about one hundred and seventy paintings and drawings, and a vast array of photographic documentation, examining the work of Basquiat (New York, 1960-1988) and the context in which his art was inspired and developed; New York in the 1980s.

The Jean-Michel Basquiat Show. Catalogo della mostra (Milano, 19 settembre 2006-28 gennaio 2007). Ediz. italiana e inglese

Fondazione La Triennale di Milano

Art icon of the 1980s, Keith Haring first gained attention in the late 1970s for his drawings in the New York City subways. Over the next decade his subway graffiti, murals, sculptures and paintings gained worldwide recognition. Harings meteoritic artistic career spanned from 1980 to 1990, and in this brief period his boundless energy led him to produce an enormous quantity of legendary works. Here Harings work is re-examined from the perspective of his relations not just with Pop Art and the Neo-Pop movement, but also with Flemish painting and the historic avant-garde movements, reflecting the evolution of his creative poetics and the legacy he left.

Mostra , Fondazione Triennale Di Milano, 27 Settembre 2005-29 Gennaio 2006

The Keith Haring Show

Butterfly

This major new book on the art of Banksy spans the entire career of the world's most famous anonymous street artist. Decades before he blew the lid off the high-stakes art world by shredding a work immediately following its purchase at an auction, Banksy was committing acts of artistic protest on the streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world. We still don't know who Banksy is, but thanks to this book we have a greater sense of how he works. This book features approximately eighty works from the start of his street art career to today, most photographed in situ and presented in vibrant illustrations. This book guides readers through Banksy's artistic processes and explains his influences, such as the Situationism movement and the May 1968 uprising in Paris. It delves into key works such as Love Is in the Air, a stenciled graffiti that subverts the idea of violent protest; Flag, in which the iconic American photograph at Iwo Jima is altered to reflect a group of Harlem children atop a burnt-out car; and the slyly titled Turf War, in which Winston Churchill sports a grassy Mohawk. The book also pays tribute to Banksy's rats, a reviled symbol of urban decay that the artist reimagines as rappers, violin players, and painters. As Banksy continues to challenge the political, economic, and racial oppression that takes place every day in cities around the world, this book offers a timely appreciation of just how the artist has embedded himself into the psyche of the powerful as well as the voiceless--without ever revealing his own identity.

Gianni Mercurio

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