Böcker av Lucia Aspesi

Lush multimedia landscapes blend dreamlike narratives and folk traditions to reflect upon the colonization of VietnamInspired by the geography of Vietnam, Thao Nguyen Phan (born 1987) combines literature, oral tales, fairy tales and myths to trace the history of her home country and reconstruct its cultural heritage, addressing pressing issues related to contemporary environmental and social changes.

South African artist Dineo Seshee Bopape (born 1981) works across sculpture, drawing and video, weaving narratives that investigate archetypes and myths in which the female figure plays a central role. This volume, accompanying her survey show at Pirelli HangarBicocca (Milan), presents a wide selection from the artist's oeuvre. -- Provided by the publisher.

An aesthetic investigation of environmental complexity through a selection of works realized by the Spanish artist since 1998.Published in conjunction with the solo show at Pirelli HangarBicocca, this constitutes the most complete monographic study on Daniel Steegmann Mangrané (Barcelona, 1977). Covering his work from the late 1990s to the present with over a hundred installations, drawings, sculptures, photographs and films, the catalogue includes studies by the art historians Kaira M. Cabañas and Flora Katz, and a conversation between the artist and the writer and curator Lauren Cornell as well as texts by Nathalie Ergino, director of the Institut d'art contemporain (Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes), and the curators of the show at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Lucia Aspesi and Fiammetta Griccioli.Daniel Steegmann Mangrané's work is characterized by a poetic approach in which geometric and abstract forms intersect with natural elements and originate an imaginary realm with recurrent motifs like leaves, trees and insects that prompt reflection on the reality we inhabit. The artist uses different media for the creation of his works, according priority to a modus operandi whereby technical characteristics are intrinsically intertwined with the process of production.Mangrané's interest in biology has led him to investigate complex ecological systems and introduce the natural world into his works with numerous references to the rain forest in Brazil, including branches, leaves and insects. Combined with geometric shapes and abstract motifs, these prompt reflection on the complex dynamics of the elements surrounding us.