Product Description
Title : FIGURARE LA PAROLA
Curator : Lucia Chimirri
Format: 21 X 28
n° pages: 240
novembre 2003
A splendid illustrated catalogue accompanied the exhibition held at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (October 17, 2003 – March 31, 2004), tracing a fascinating journey between publishing and twentieth-century artistic avant-garde movements and presenting a vast selection of books formerly belonging to the Loriano Bestini collection, acquired by the Ministero per i Beni e le attività culturali and on deposit at the library. This very important acquisition will make it possible to grasp the “book” element in a totally special guise. The book and printed page have always exerted an irresistible attraction on contemporary artists, indeed to the point of inspiring veritable works of art, not second to their principal creative activity. Thanks to the collaboration of publisher and poet friends, the artists of various generations have experimented every possible technique and every type of support, contributing to inventing new publishing genres, ranging from sumptuous editions, as rare and precious as museum pieces, to small works expressing a great ingeniousness and a great love for books. The volume is accompanied by essays by important authors who probe the themes of greatest interest.