This book is a trade edition altered by the artist.Wikipedia (Italian): Armando Marocco (1939- ) is an artist , painter and sculptor Italian , a member of the current of ' behavioral art . His work Man and Ant, 1968 constitutes a significant example. The work is exhibited in Milan in 1971 in the Galleria Apollinaire of Guido Le Noci , where the artist comes to reconstruct a habitat-anthill ants with 2,000 lives, arousing the interest of Pierre Restany and Renato Barilli. The turning point in his artistic life you have at the end of 1962, when on the advice of Lucio Fontana decided to move to Milan, a city rich in art and culture. He began to exhibit at some of the most famous galleries in Milan as the Gallery of Cenobio-Visuality , the Galleria Montenapoleone and the Galleria Apollinaire , where he met with Pierre Restany, founder of the New Realism. These invited him to collaborate with Jean Tinguely staging of Victory during the celebration of the tenth Anniversary of the Birth of the New Realism, which was held in Piazza Duomo in Milan, in 1970. The French critic will prove subsequently extremely sensitive to the art of Marrocco, calling him to participate in various international exhibitions on the theme of communication [1] [2] [3] .Interessante the publication in 1975 by Guido Le Noci 's artist book Calendar, with texts by Toti Carpentieri and preface of the same Pierre Restany. In the late '50s and early' 60s, the artist draws the series White Mediterranean, works in informal revealing special attention to the role of matter and materials, often assembled together. In the early years in Milan this interest finds an outlet effective in research in the field of ' programmed and kinetic art , where the artist uses paper or cardboard "poor" wrapping (Weaves, 1962-'63), but also metallic materials such as stainless steel mirror polished ol 'anticorodal (Structures, 1966). This series follows the Marrocco IX Award Silvestro Lega Modigliana in 1967. Another interesting work of this period, almost playful in nature, is the Garden Ludens, lawn springs suitable for installation for a public use both indoors [4] As outdoor [5] [6] . Sensitive to many sectors of the aesthetic, the artist reveals interest in ' behavioral art , of which he became one of the leading exponents, and conducting performance testing body language (Man Environment, Earth, Sky, Sea, Men) alongside other forms of communication of nature sound (Sconcerto) or striking (Revelations IV). Again in the early 70's run into the public Tele colored by combustion of smoke, great achievements processed according to its exclusive technology, whose fragments are also used for the so-called bandages, works in wood wrapped with bandages, gauze, rags and precisely segments Canvas (Dream of Ramses II, Houses). Primitive weapons such as spears, always strictly bound up, and shields archaic marble and bronze appear more and more often in some of his environmental installations. In the 80s in addition to his accomplishments also active writing processes. Among the monumental works performed by Marrocco they mention the City Stilt House, (1988), commissioned by Pierre Restany for the Olympic Park in Seoul, Korea, the Fountain of the Sun (1992) located in Galatina and the Fountain of Angels (1992) set in Martano and the Nautilus (1994) made "‹"‹in Lecce. A parallel speech deserves the artist's activity in religion with numerous installations in various basilicas of Italy. Among the many remember the sacred vessels of the Basilica of Saint Rita of Cascia (1978-88), the three bronze portals of the Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Leuca (1999), the bronze portal of the Duomo of Lecce (2000). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.