Bruno Munari
While it is true that everyone knows a different Munari, Aldo Tanchis's essay sets out to outline the poetics underlying the entire activity of Bruno Munari, a unique and multifaceted character, bringing together the three classic distinctions of "Munari-artist," "Munari-designer" and "Munari-pedagogist".
Tanchis, a researcher, writer and screenwriter, starts from the artist as a child, from his life in the Venetian countryside, an enormous reservoir of natural suggestions that would always animate all his production, and recounts his artistic production as an activity at the service of life and closely connected to it.
From his first artistic experiments to the works that made him famous all over the world, this volume collects and recounts Bruno Munari's work, his relations with the artistic trends of his times, his attention to the world of children and didactics, the peculiarities that made him an always original figure: futurist among futurists, abstractionist among abstractionists, linked to the trends that changed contemporary graphics, animator of concretism and "good design," theorist of programmed art.
Aldo Tanchis thus presents in these pages Munari's "world," a system always in dynamic balance between pairs of opposites and complementaries.
Our work is made out of curiosity and discovery, levity and fun. An unpredictable and uninterrupted process that, in our case, has lasted for 50 years. 50 years of encounters, bandying between art and books, in search of new languages, contaminations, free experimentation.
Corraini Edizioni is a publishing house and an art gallery, as well as a space for experimentation and research: a “publishing workshop” open to artists, illustrators and designers, from both Italy and abroad, to create books and art and design projects. Our work with Bruno Munari stands out among our numerous collaborations; he was a versatile artist and designer who worked steadily with Corraini for many years, giving us the idea of a workshop that is always open to creativity and imagination.
In addition to the already established art gallery, Corraini Edizioni's publishing work ranges betweendesign, art and illustration, often blurring the boundaries between the different disciplines. Naturally, given the association with Munari, particular attention is given to artists’ books for children.
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of pages: 144
Dimensions: 23 x 28 cm
Release: 2024
ISBN: 9791254931011
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