The artistic activity of Gianni Emilio Simonetti differs from the verbo-visual Italian trends of the 1960s, although he was sometimes associated with them. His works do not obey the concept of 'semiological guerrilla warfare' theorised by Miccini and do not present explicit references to the mechanisms of mass communication and advertising slogans with the intention of subversively opposing the occult systems of that communication from within. The way in which Simonetti considers it possible to deal with politics through art is only through the radical critical activity developed in the post-war period by the Situationist International. All of his work, from publishing to collage, in particular, is a work of radical critique, which sews up the distance of politics from the social life of contemporary reality. The essay highlights the artist's position in the Italian and especially the international context.
Di Raddo, E., Gianni-Emilio Simonetti: arte e politica del linguaggio, Storia e Storie dalla sponda magra, Gruppo di Ricerca Storica di Laveno Mombello and Edizioni Maran, Laveno Mombello 2020 Storia e storie dalla sponda magra: 89-106 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/237635]
Gianni-Emilio Simonetti: arte e politica del linguaggio
Di Raddo, Elena
2020
Abstract
The artistic activity of Gianni Emilio Simonetti differs from the verbo-visual Italian trends of the 1960s, although he was sometimes associated with them. His works do not obey the concept of 'semiological guerrilla warfare' theorised by Miccini and do not present explicit references to the mechanisms of mass communication and advertising slogans with the intention of subversively opposing the occult systems of that communication from within. The way in which Simonetti considers it possible to deal with politics through art is only through the radical critical activity developed in the post-war period by the Situationist International. All of his work, from publishing to collage, in particular, is a work of radical critique, which sews up the distance of politics from the social life of contemporary reality. The essay highlights the artist's position in the Italian and especially the international context.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.