Piero Manzoni: Life of the Artist

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Originally published in Italian in 2013, this new English-language biography of Piero Manzoni provides an exclusive look at the personal and artistic life of this groundbreaking Italian artist, making this book a must-read for any art or Italian history enthusiast. Manzoni's brief career was one of the most radically inventive of the twentieth century, producing a body of work that continues to challenge the definitions of artistic sovereignty and virtuosity to this day. This newly-translated biography charts Manzoni's evolution as both an artist and an individual, tracing a line from his youth and student days to his affiliation with Lucio Fontana to his untimely death in 1963.

Flaminio Gualdoni is professor of the history of ancient art at the Accademia di Brera, Milan, and is the former director of the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan. He is a contributing editor of The Art Newspaper and has written many books on art history. Curator and art historian Peter Benson Miller is Andrew Heiskell Arts Director of the American Academy in Rome. A translator with over thirty years of experience, Marguerite Shore specialises in the translation of texts on Italian art and culture.