Leon Ferrari

by Canclini, Nestor

• ISBN13: 9788492480241
• ISBN10: 8492480246
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: Editorial Rm Rio Panuko

Summary

As poetic as he is controversial, the renowned Argentinean Conceptualist Leon Ferrari (who was forced to live in exile in Brazil from 1976 to 1991, and who won a Golden Lion award at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007) is known for his fierce criticism of power and religion--both as an artist and as a journalist. This first major retrospective monograph brings together a selection of heliographs, drawings and collages which fiercely criticize Argentinean dictatorship, conservative religion and American authority--among many other heavily loaded subjects. It also features a selection of recent works, produced between 2004 and 2008, which include his well-known polyurethane sculptures. Throughout, Ferrari's work shuns quiet, undisturbed or serene contemplation, instead loudly joining denouncement with beauty, bliss with anguish, joy with fury. With scholarly essays by distinguished experts, an in-depth interview and a selection of texts by Ferrari himself.

Table of Contents

Presentation	p. 6
Leon Ferrari, Form Agitator	p. 9
Leon Ferrari's Strange Case	p. 23
Interview	p. 45
Lines, Plans, and Sound-Drawing: Leon Ferrari, Sao Paulo, 1979-1986	p. 61
Texts	p. 91
Lines and Rectangles	p. 92
Birth	p. 94
The Role of Art	p. 96
Against Hell	p. 98
First Letter to the Pope. Against the Final Judgement	p. 104
Second Letter to the Pope. For a Millennium Without a Hell	p. 106
About ESMA, Hoists, and Bishops	p. 112
Images in Nevermore	p. 114
The Beginning and the End of Ecology	p. 118
Art and Power	p. 120
Christian Misogyny	p. 122
Biography	p. 133
Images List	p. 138
Credits and Acknowledgements	p. 143
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.