Agostino Bonalumi. Catalogo ragionato. Ediz. illustrata: Catalogue Raisonné

Bonalumi, Fabrizio; Meneguzzo, Marco

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 885722774X ISBN 13: 9788857227740

Casa editrice: Skira, 2015

The two-volume catalogue raisonné of the work of Agostino Bonalumi (1935–2013) is an essential tool for information on the artist, both in cultural terms and, more specifically, the contemporary art market. While the first volume provides a monographic study and examines the cultural context within which he worked for over half a century, the second constitutes the complete catalog of some two thousand works, from his debut to his death. The publication offers scholarly guidance for those wishing to understand the course of his work and provides details on his oeuvre thanks to the Archivio Agostino Bonalumi, which for years has tracked down and catalogued all his works and now makes the results available to collectors.

L'autore:

Agostino Bonalumi was born in Vimercate (Milan) in 1935. After technical studies, he embarked on an artistic career and exhibited for the first time in 1956. In 1958, together with Castellani and Manzoni, he constituted the initial core of what was soon to be the Azimuth group. In 1959, he invented extroversion, a technique he would successfully develop across the world in terms of stylistic variety (e.g. with the Zero group). Marco Meneguzzo, a renowned art historian and critic, is professor at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. A personal friend of the artist, he has curated pivotal exhibitions on Italian art between the 1950s and the 1980s. Fabrizio Bonalumi is Agostino Bonalumi’s son. Since 2006, he has been president of the Archivio Agostino Bonalumi. Beginning that same year, he has curated major exhibitions on the artist in Italy and abroad.