Text by Angela Vettese

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Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro. Milano. 2008

Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Foundation: "Arnaldo Pomodoro. A Una scrittura sconcertante" (10.04.2013 - 28.06.2013), curated by Flaminio Gualdoni.

Arnaldo Pomodoro’s work emerged, in the mid-1950s, at the center of the heated debate on art autre, fueled in Italy by the significant contribution of Francesco Arcangeli’s theories of a “new naturalism.” For some, this moment represented a point of arrival. For others, including the very young Pomodoro, it was a climate already showing signs of crisis and an urgent need to move beyond it—particularly in an anti-historical direction [...]

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A quirky animal seller presents us with a series of fanciful creatures with strange habits: a flamingo smoking a pipe, a slightly tipsy armadillo, a grumpy porcupine... but nothing satisfies his potential buyer, not even a centipede to take for a walk. Perhaps what he’s really looking for isn’t exactly a pet...

Along with eight other titles, Il venditore di animali is part of the historic Libri del '45 series that Bruno Munari created after the birth of his son Alberto. These books, made with die-cuts, holes, and large, elegant illustrations, invite a game of discovery and exploration, leaving everyone captivated by the magic that paper can create.

This series—a timeless classic that will celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2025 since its first edition—has retained its originality and aims to stimulate children's curiosity, showing them that inside something, there is always something else, encouraging them to explore with wonder. Many of these books were inspired by games and rituals that Munari played with his son Alberto, which he then chose to put on paper. For the joy of all children, and not just them.

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Catalogue of the exhibition organised by the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro and Milan’s Triennale to describe four “visionary projects” by the sculptor.

It contains texts by Arnaldo Pomodoro, Ada Masoero, Aldo Colonetti, Giulio Carlo Argan, Sam Hunter and Alberto Ferlenga, a poem by Aldo Nove and a conversation with Gillo Dorfles, a full set of photographs and documents.

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The green magician, the friendly Alfonso, disappears and reappears in trunks and boxes, changes his outfit, and lets us catch glimpses of his tools of the trade while we chase him through the pages. But every time, he's faster than us and... where could he have gone? Until, in a mysterious trunk, there he is playing his violin!

Along with eight other texts, Il prestigiatore verde is part of the historic series I libri del '45, to which Bruno Munari dedicated himself after the birth of his son, Alberto. Books made of die-cuts, holes, and large, elegant drawings that invite a game of discoveries and explorations, leaving everyone hanging on the magic that paper can create.

This series – a timeless classic that in 2025 celebrates its 80th anniversary since the first edition – maintains its originality and aims to stimulate children's curiosity, helping them discover that inside something, there’s always something else, encouraging them to explore with wonder. Many of these texts were inspired by games and rituals that Munari shared with his son, Alberto, which he then chose to put on paper. For the joy of all children, and not just them.

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Edited by Diana Pace.

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Where have the 4 colorful balls of the magician gone? And the rabbit? And the three of hearts? Be ready to open your eyes wide and be left speechless, because this yellow magician is a real pro.

Along with eight other texts, Il prestigiatore giallo is part of the historic Libri del ’45 series, which Bruno Munari dedicated himself to after the birth of his son Alberto.
Books made with die-cuts, holes, and large, elegant illustrations that invite discovery and play, keeping everyone enchanted by the magic that paper can create.

This series – a timeless classic that in 2025 celebrates 80 years since its first edition – still retains its originality and aims to spark children’s curiosity, encouraging them to discover that there’s always something hidden inside something else, and to explore with wonder.
Many of these texts were inspired by the games and rituals Munari used to share with his son Alberto, which he later chose to capture on paper.

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The volume collects the entire corpus of Gastone Novelli's writings drawn up from 1943 to 1968, both those that have remained unpublished until today, and those already published by Achille Perilli in 1976 in a monographic issue of the Grammatica magazine.

A collection of texts that crosses the history of artistic and political Italy in the second half of the twentieth century and at the same time offers an unfiltered account of the life of this figure, who was not only a painter and artist, but also a teacher, a fervent polemic, publisher, writer and political activist.

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Catalogue published on the occasion of the Arnaldo Pomodoro's exhibition held at 20 Art Space Gallery in Rome (November 5, 2009 - January 30, 2010).

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10 km. And for each one, a different means of transport and an 'unexpected' that delays the delivery of the gift... but what could be inside the package? A special gift that the father protagonist is determined to deliver, through many trials and pages of ever-changing formats.

Along with eight other texts, L'uomo del camion is part of the historic Libri del ’45 series, which Bruno Munari dedicated himself to after the birth of his son Alberto.
Books made with die-cuts, holes, and large, elegant illustrations that invite discovery and play, keeping everyone enchanted by the magic that paper can create.

This series – a timeless classic that in 2025 celebrates 80 years since its first edition – still retains its originality and aims to spark children’s curiosity, encouraging them to discover that there’s always something hidden inside something else, and to explore with wonder.
Many of these texts were inspired by the games and rituals Munari used to share with his son Alberto, which he later chose to capture on paper.

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Catalogue published for the exhibition curated by Bruno Corà in the Foundation’s exhibition spaces in via Solari 35 in Milano. Carlo Orsi’s photographs also document the stages of preparation. Critical notes by Lorenzo Respi.

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In this leporello book, exquisite images with contrasting colors and poetic text welcome the baby who has just entered life.

The pages, illustrated on both sides, open to form a large scene that embraces the baby and immerses him or her in a world of reassuring shapes and colors.

To learn about the first images of the world around us.

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"Le rive di Cartaromana", a project conceived by the municipality of Ischia in 2003. Catalog of the exhibition held in the Torre di Guevara on the island of Ischia in 2003, with texts by Massimo Bignardi.

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Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Foundation: "La scultura italiana del XX secolo" (September 24, 2005 - January 22, 2006) curated by Marco Meneguzzo.

This catalogue features the most significant moments of twentieth-century Italian sculpture as presented in the exhibition which inaugurated the new seat of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro in Milan. The exhibition presented a survey of the works by those artists who made a major contribution to the renewal of the vocabulary of twentieth-century Italian sculpture, from Medardo Rosso to the present.

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Carla Accardi was one of the most important figures in international contemporary art.

She was the only woman among the founders of the Forma 1 group, a protagonist of the Italian Femmist movement, and contributed to the development of Abstractism in Italy.

This volume takes us on a journey to discover the continuous and multifaceted artistic experimentation of this great painter, who used colour, shapes, signs and innovative materials - such as sicofoil - to create works into which we literally enter, let ourselves be enveloped by light, colours, shapes and signs and set off on a new adventure and exploration of the self.

This book is in Italian.

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Book that documents, trough the images by Carlo Orsi, the monumental exhibition held at the Forte Belvedere in Florence in 1984. Introduction by Italo Mussa and critical texts by Giulio Carlo Argan.

Edizione in Italiano oppure in Inglese, selezionare la lingua in fase di acquisto.

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Book on the 2002 exhibition in the gardens of the Palais Royal in Paris. Texts by Carlo Bertelli, Pierre Restany, Jacqueline Risset and photographs by Paolo Mussat Sartor. Also contains photographs of the preparation and inauguration, with a selection of press reviews.

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An ancient Chinese saying goes: "Infinity is a square without corners." This shape has always symbolized the idea of enclosure, of home, of country, and accompanies human life in everyday situations — from churches to town squares, from road signs to advertising posters, from Chinese ideograms to Pythagorean tables.

Once again, Bruno Munari amazes us with a work that straddles history, anthropology, and the natural sciences — naturally, in a square format.

This volume, along with The Circle and The Triangle, is part of a special trilogy by Munari dedicated to these shapes, their history, meanings, and uses.

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"Milan. Year 1949. Lucio Fontana is working in his studio on Corso Monforte. He is not satisfied with how a painting is turning out, so he decides to destroy it. He grabs a blade and... SLASH!"

With his gesture, both destructive and innovative, Lucio Fontana managed to synthesize something unique: he was able to represent space, infinite space, with a cut in the canvas. This is how his famous Concetti Spaziali were born—works made of holes and cuts, in paper, terracotta, canvas, or metal, that Fontana created with focus and determination.

In the same series, in which the artist Gilberti tells us, with intelligence and a playful eye, the works of great figures in contemporary art, we find the stories of Yves Klein, Piero Manzoni, Marcel Duchamp, Lucio Fontana, Yayoi Kusama, and Banksy.

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Catalogue of the anthological exhibition held in the Palais Royal gardens in Paris, with critical essays by Pierre Restany and Jacqueline Risset.

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From the plant structure of coconuts to the layout of human settlements according to Le Corbusier, the shape of the equilateral triangle appears—both in nature and in human creations—in a wide variety of contexts.

A basic geometric shape alongside the circle and the square, the equilateral triangle lends itself to modular combinations, generating structured fields in which countless other forms can be created. From classical Arab and Japanese decorative art to the contemporary architecture of Buckminster Fuller and Wright, the study of the equilateral triangle—in all its aspects and formal and structural possibilities—has led to fascinating and thought-provoking results and experiments.

Dopo i volumi dedicati al quadrato e al cerchio, vengono ora riproposti gli spunti e le riflessioni di Bruno Munari a proposito delle decine di usi nei secoli di questa affascinante e misteriosa forma, originariamente pubblicati nel 1976 per Zanichelli nella collana da lui stesso curata Quaderni di design.

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Spray paint cans to coat walls, works that self-destruct and others that don't cost much money, unusual theme parks: that is all it takes to recognise Banksy, but no one really knows who he is.

Fausto Gilberti’s new book, dedicated to the street artist with a hidden identity, is full of question marks: Banksy is hiding somewhere, and we have a lot of fun chasing his graffiti all over the world. And we can't forget the day he put sharks in a lake in a London park, or when there were no walls around and he painted on the cows in a field. And what about the time he walked into the Louvre and hung a painting without asking permission?

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Scenic Projects from 1972 to 2002.

Catalogue curated by Dialmo Ferrari, Franco Origoni, and Anna Steiner.

Texts in Italian by Aldo Colonetti and Sam Hunter.