Hypnos: Massimo Scolari Works, 1980-86

Rella, Franco; Moneo Jose Rafael (fore.); Michalczyk, Susan A. (trans.); Rosenthal, Raymond (trans.)

ISBN 10: 0847807916 / ISBN 13: 9780847807918

Published by Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 1987

About this Item

Softcover art book detailing the 1980s work of the Italian architect, painter, and designer Scolari. Text in English and Italian. Copy is in near fine condition. Absolutely minimal wear to the card wraps. Interior is clean and unmarked with a tight, solid binding.

Seller Inventory # 003841

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hypnos: Massimo Scolari Works, 1980-86
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, New York
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847807916
• ISBN 13: 9780847807918
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Catalogue published in connection with 1986 Harvard exibition of work by visionary architect Massimo Scolari. Copiously illustrated with rich color and B&W images. Fine in firm binding. Pages crisp and unmarked. Minor marks on front cover, rectangular mark on back cover where price sticker removed. Subtle yellowing on some pages.

Reviews

Italian architect and painter Scolari creates hallucinatory architectural plans and paintings that critique modernist representation while establishing their own design and spatial conundrums. Scolari is fascinated by the role of architecture as a symbolic machine, concealing beneath its casings intricate workingsmechanical, social and perceptualthat reveal the architectural "object" in its most basic but truthful state. The text is bilingual and includes a mystifying exercise in metaphysical writing by Rella. Scolari's own discussion is both enigmatic and illuminating. The analytical/symbolic nature of his haunting, beautiful work is epitomized in the artist's own words as an "enigma that expresses precision."
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