The volume celebrates Luigi Pericle, painter, thinker, writer, scholar of theosophy and esoteric doctrines. It reveals his extraordinary history, made of profound explorations and outstanding encounters. From the acclaimed collector Peter G. Staechelin to Sir Herbert Read, trustee of the Tate Gallery; from museologist Hans Hess, curator of the York Art Gallery, to famous German artist and filmmaker Hans Richter. They were all attracted by his charisma, his multifaceted personality, his ‘clairvoyant’ art. With Luigi Pericle, the history of Art Informel in the years following World War II opens up unexpectedly to philosophy, alternative spirituality, the mysteries of the cosmos against the background of the space age.

Venice, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, May - November 2019

Contents

“The Long Pursuit of an Absolute Beauty”: The Spiritual Dimension in Luigi Pericle’s Art
Marco Pasi

The Difference in Luigi Pericle. Visual Keys for Augmented States of Consciousness
Luca Bochicchio

Luigi Pericle. The Aesthetics of Astronautics and of the Stargate
Chiara Gatti

Luigi Pericle: Drawings
Michele Tavola

Are You Luigi Pericle?
Andrea Biasca-Caroni

CATALOGUE

Luigi Pericle: Materials and Painting Technique
Valeria Malossa, Giovanni Cavallo

Documents

APPENDIX
Biography
Bibliography and Exhibitions