Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Dear Research Diary,
I am very pleased because I made a huge mistake and scheduled a meeting with Professor Gianni on December 3rd, the same day as the GNAM library visit. Lukcily it's scheduled at an early hour and I will be able to make both appointments. I might have already mentioned that I am having a problem meeting regularly with my advidsor because we are both very busy, so that was really the only reason why I was worried, we have been putting this meeting off for a while now.
This morning I looked at the works of Alighiero Boetti an found that he is more interested in the relationship between the natural and the artificial. This can be found in almost all of his works including Il che prendo il sole a Torino il 19 gennaio 1969 in which his body is made of hand-sized balls of fast-drying cement molded to the shape of the interior of his hand. It is contrasted with the soft and bright colored butterfly resting on his nose.
Mappa

Il che prendo il sole a Torino il 19 gennaio 1969
His most known piece is his series of  Mappa which is a map of the world with the national flag cut to the shape of each country.

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