Title: Futurist Depero, 1913-1950 /
Authors: Depero, Fortunato,; Fontán del Junco, Manuel,; Fundación Juan March.
Date: 2014
Publisher: Fundación Juan March :
Physical description: 457 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language: English
LC classification: N
Abstract: "This gorgeous, clothbound, nearly 500-page volume presents a generous overview of one of the Futurist movement's most prolific and visionary figures. Fortunato Depero announced his allegiance to the Futurist cause with the manifesto "Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe" (coauthored with Giacomo Balla), and went on to attempt exactly that, traversing all disciplines, painting, sculpture, theatre and set design, poetry, graphic design, textiles and toy design, and infusing them with Futurism's joyous, energetic color palette and embrace of mechanization and speed. Depero was a pioneer in several fields: he created one of the first artist's museums, several classic artist's books (such as his famous "bolted book" of 1927) and the first artist's "factory," the Casa d'Arte Futurista in Rovereto, Italy, which produced toys, tapestries and furniture in the Futurist style. He was also very successful as a graphic designer, and his 1932 bottle design for Campari Soda is still in production. Surveying over 300 works from the gamut of his vast output, Futurist Depero is a wonderful, rich celebration of this fascinating Futurist protagonist"--amazon.com.
Contents: From abstraction to futurism 1909-1916 -- Theater and the Avant-Garde 1916-1918 -- The "futurist house of art" and the art of advertising 1919-1928 -- A futurist in New York and back in Italy 1929-1950 -- Thoughts in freedom about Depero and his art / Maurizio Scudiero -- The painting technique of Depero: a scientific study / Gianluca Poldi -- Plastic complexes and mechanical actions: the visual-theatrical-living organism of Depero / Llanos Gomez Menendez -- Depero and photo-performance / Carolina Fernandez Castrillo -- Dep, Dep, hurrah! books and journal by Depero / Pablo Echaurren -- The writing of Depero: a poetic transduction / Alessandro Ghignoli -- About Fortunado Depero -- The "bolted book" by Depero or the typographical racing car / Claudia Salaris -- Not just campari! Depero and advertising / Biovanna Ginex -- Depero: "the art of the future will be largely advertising" / Belen Sanches Albarran -- "I will smash the Alps of the Atlantic": Depero and Americanism / Raffaele Bedarida -- "Futuro-fascismo" / Giovanni Lista -- The critical fortune and artistic recognition of the work of Depero / Fabio Belloni -- Fortunato Depero (1892-1960): a chronology / Aida Capa and Marta Suarez-Infiesta.
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Fundación Juan March, Madrid, Spain, Oct. 10, 2014-Jan. 18, 2015.
Subject headings (LCSH): Depero, Fortunato, 1892-1960--Exhibitions.; Exhibition catalogs.; Futurism (Art)--Italy--Exhibitions.