{"title":"Marco Meneguzzo","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarco Meneguzzo's works delve into the rich intersections of contemporary art and cultural expression. Readers can expect insightful explorations of visual arts, often highlighting innovative artists such as Agostino Bonalumi and Shahriar Ahmadi, capturing the essence of modern creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Meneguzzo offers thoughtful perspectives that enrich understanding of artistic movements and individual contributions. His writings serve as a bridge between artistic practice and cultural discourse, appealing to both enthusiasts and scholars alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"shahriar-ahmadi-by-marco-meneguzzo-9788857241708","title":"Shahriar Ahmadi","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA monograph dedicated to one of the main figures of the Iranian contemporary art scene.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShahriar Ahmadi\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the leading exponents of the new Iranian art. Forty-something, he has been able to elaborate a painting style that visually represents the crossing between the Middle East and the West, in the purest spirit of the Persian tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sufi philosophy of Rumi together with the Existential Western Philosophy meet in the large canvases that Ahmadi has been painting since the mid-nineties: great pictorial cycles of a figurative expressionism Persian that combine imagination with symbols and meanings of a globalised world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShahriar Ahmadi was born in 1978 in Iranian Kurdistan. Once he moved to Tehran, he studied Western modern painting and the philosophical currents related to Sufism. His first solo exhibition dates to 2000 at the Barg Gallery of Tehran. His international recognition was sealed by his participation in exhibitions at the AB Gallery in Luzern in 2014, at the Etemad Gallery in Dubai and culminated with the Iranian Pavilion at the 56th edition of the Venice Biennale in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464203485420,"sku":"9788857241708","price":120.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9788857241708-shahriar-ahmadi.jpg?v=1775042261"},{"product_id":"agostino-bonalumi-by-marco-meneguzzo-9788857227740","title":"Agostino Bonalumi","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile the first volume provides a monographic study and examines the cultural context within which he worked for over half a century, the second constitutes the complete catalogue of some two thousand works, from his debut to his death. The publication offers scholarly guidance for those wishing to understand the course of his work and provides details on his oeuvre thanks to the Archivio Agostino Bonalumi, which for years has tracked down and catalogued all his works and now makes the results available to collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBonalumi was born in Vimercate (Milan) in 1935. After technical studies, he embarked on an artistic career and exhibited for the first time in 1956. In 1958, together with Castellani and Manzoni, he constituted the initial core of what was soon to be the Azimuth group. In 1959, he invented extroversion, a technique he would successfully develop across the world in terms of stylistic variety, for example with the Zero group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt least three major periods can, in any case, be identified: from his debut to 1971, with extroversions of various shapes; from 1971 to 1988\/1999, when his extroversions on canvas took the form of parallel linear strips; and 1989-2013, when he went through a sort of second experimental stage starting with a freer approach and then returning to geometry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgostino Bonalumi\u003c\/em\u003e by Marco Meneguzzo and Valerie Caimi provides a comprehensive insight into the artist's journey and creative evolutions through these crucial stages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595563385068,"sku":"9788857227740","price":535.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9788857227740-agostino-bonalumi.jpg?v=1777898983"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/marco-meneguzzo.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}