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BOUDVIN, Simon (Le Mans, 1979)MOTIVI - A Graphic Index
Amsterdam, Roma Publications 2022 - Prima edizione (First Edition)
Colour photographs collated by Simon Boudvin, sampled from vintage issues of Domus. A text in Italian and English by S. Boudvin. Index of issues of the magazine
Design: Simon Boudvin & Roger Willems
Cm 32,5x24,5, pp. 200 Brossura (wrappers) Molto buono (Very Good)During his residency at Villa Medici in Rome in 2020 and 2021, artist Simon Boudvin passionately explored a collection of old issues of architectural and design magazines, focusing on the 80's period. In them, splotchy, stripy, wiggly, flashy shapes are brought together in a cheerful environment by artists, architects, photographers, designers, manufacturers and more. These contributors participated in creating the common ornamental background of that time. Boudvin has now collected together noteworthy pages from those magazines to create a composition of 192 close-ups enlarged to 400%. By just zooming in on patterns, textures and graphic samples, without depicting any objects, a beautiful chapter in the history of Italian design unfolds. Published with the support of the French Academy in Rome.
€35