The lush landscapes and fecund flora of Italy's Puglia region animate the large-scale paintings of Ercole Pignatelli, whose 70th birthday coincides with this retrospective publication. Working on a variety of surfaces including glass, canvas and wood, Pignatelli captures close-up tangles of tree branches extending beyond the frame, creates mysterious Cubist cities emerging as if from mirages, and hides voluptuous nudes behind a veil of incense and a screen of vines. This volume comprises classic and recent works as well as critical evaluations, including an essay by Italian novelist Dino Buzzati, and an extensive interview with the artist. Edited by Alessandro Riva.

A leading figure of Italian art, narrated in the paintings of his most recentoutput--from female figures to Masserie (Farns) and Siccita (Dryness)--and also in tile texts, photographs, and testimony of critics, intellectuals,and artists (inchlding Raffaele Carrieri, Luigi Carluccio, Pierre Restany,Milena Milani, Lucio Fontana and Virgilio Guidi), who have followedand supported his work in one wav or another over the decades.

Ercole, pittore: ragazzo col diavolo in corpo

Ercole, the painter: a boy with the devil inside him / Alessandro Riva

Ercole Pignatelli: un artista all'erta

Ercole Pignatelli: an artist on guard / Lynne Lawner

Opere

Works

Conversazione con Ercole Pignatelli

Conversation with Ercole Pignatelli / Alessandro Riva

Testimonianze

Anthology

Esposizioni

Exhibitions

Bibliografia selezionata

Selected Bibliography