Corrado Bonomi is among the keenest voices to portray an ironic, all-Italian art that embarks on independent paths free from any type of conditioning. Through 200 artworks, this first monograph (curated by Alberto Fiz) illustrates a forty-year study ranging from Topo Gigio to Stanley Kubrick by way of René Magritte and Pino Pascali. The idea is to transform all data – whether comics, literary texts or films – into art. Driven by a boundless desire to stage the most diverse facets of life, the artist from Novara commandeers both content and subjects and, much like a skilled juggler, uses them at will. His tendency to quote from previous artists is deceptive, as it does not envisage to re-propose the original but, rather, its visionary metamorphosis within a framework where art and life go arm in arm. In short, Bonomi disconcerts taste and knowledge alike.

Contents
The Human Comedy of Corrado Bonomi
Alberto Fiz

The serious game of art
A conversation between Andreas Beitin and Corrado Bonomi

How a Collector and an Artist met
Volker W. Feierabend

I, anti-system artist
A conversation between Barbara Cottavoz and Corrado Bonomi

Works

List of Works

Biography

List of exhibitions