This paper aims to shed some light on one aspect of the art of Luigi Pasotelli (1925-1993), one of the more eminent (and less known) performers and graphic artists of the Italian scene between the 1980s and the 1990s: Pasotelli’s peculiar... more
This paper aims to shed some light on one aspect of the art of Luigi Pasotelli (1925-1993), one of the more eminent (and less known) performers and graphic artists of the Italian scene between the 1980s and the 1990s: Pasotelli’s peculiar use of the ancient form of “calligramma” or “carme figurato”. In particular, I will try to show how Pasotelli was strongly influenced by Giovanni Pozzi’s masterpiece, La parola dipinta, which was first published in 1981, the starting year of Pasotelli’s artistic career. From this book, Pasotelli doesn't only take a certain amount of iconic patterns but also a theoretical frame in which he inscribes his work on visual poetry. Then, I will discuss the meaning of the animal and cosmic symbols in the context of the Pasotelli’s poetics.
