Alighiero E Boetti: Mappa

by Luca Cerizza

Book Overview

A study of Boetti's 1988 work Map, a tapestry map of the pre-postcommunist world made of brightly colored, painstakingly woven national flags; illustrated with many color images.

In 1968, the Italian artist Alighiero Boetti renamed himself Alighiero e ("and") Boetti, effectively expressing the duality of his personality and his work--and, by extension, the dichotomies of society and culture and art and life. Boetti was a central figure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846380278
• ISBN13: 9781846380273
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Afterall Books
• Length: 109 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher