Print is not dead. Books are still published in large numbers. Experimental books are flourishing. And the evidence is seen in a traveling exhibition now on view in a series of shows in Italy.
Oggetto Libro (“Book Object”) V Biennale Internazionale del Libro d’Artista is organized by the Milanese SBLU spazioalbellou nonprofit under the direction of Susanna Vallebona. This year, book artist Aguinaldo Perrone is bringing the show to southern Italy at the Academy of Fine Arts of Lecce. The next stop will debut at the Biblio-museum Center of the Puglia Region. Then, on to Santa Maria della Scala in Siena.
To be considered worthy of inclusion in this exhibition, “the selected objects must have unique characteristics and must not be unpublished,” Perrone recently told me. “They also must have a narrative structure, with a high technical quality that guarantees the perfect packaging of the book. And they must be evocative of their content, capable of communicating it even with just one page. That is, capable of revealing or making people imagine their intent, guaranteeing the concept of a narrative that lasts over time.”
Aguinaldo Perrone
Aguinaldo Perrone
Andrea G.G. Parasiliti
Anna Giuntini
Magdalena Burdzynska, “Quarks, Elephant & Pierogi”
Camilla Sellemi, “cappuccetto rosso”
Andrea Benedetto
Daniele Lesti
Aguinaldo Perrone
Roberto Muscinelli, “Letto”
Rima Day, “Story Unwritten”