Depero’s Bolted Book at the NY Art Book Fair
September 24, 2017
Depero’s Bolted Book: 90 Years Old and Still Dangerous!
Join us Sunday, September 24, at 1pm, at Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair for a special presentation on Fortunato Depero’s 1927 graphic design masterpiece, Depero Futurista (aka The Bolted Book).
Former CIMA Fellow Raffaele Bedarida will speak about the history of the book and Steven Heller will discuss its importance in the history of graphic design. The book is known familiarly as The Bolted Book, because of its unique binding: two industrial aluminum bolts. Depero Futurista celebrates its 90th birthday this year, but this book remains remarkably fresh, modern, and relevant today. Filled with typographic experimentation, it also serves as a portfolio showcase of Depero’s career and includes his exhortation to fellow artists to embrace self-promotion and the modern art of advertising.
Visitors will have the rare opportunity to see an original copy of the book, together with the newly issued facsimile, a joint project of CIMA, the MART Museum in Trento and Rovereto, and Designers & Books.
CIMA is pleased to be partnering with Designers & Books and the Mart, Museum of modern and contemporary art of Trento and Rovereto, Italy (which houses Depero’s archives), to bring this book and Depero’s life and work to a wider audience.
To read more about the facsimile project, check out this blogpost. To learn more about the book, please visit the website: www.boltedbook.com, where one can preview all 240 pages of the book and learn about the history of the publication.
CIMA’s presentation will take place at 1pm in the bookstore on the first floor of MoMA PS1. This is the twelfth annual edition of Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair.
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