Scope and Contents This is a massive, profusely illustrated catalogue with extensive documentation. The WEB site of this exhibition states: The exhibition of Leon Ferrari is a retrospective one that includes fifty years of his work, from the beginnings, in 1954, until the present. It presents a sample of works of different periods with the purpose of unfolding the creative process of the artist. The exhibition does not include the totality of its works, but a selection of each series or creative moment. If in the retrospective exhibition of an artist a period of its work were eliminated, it would be being been clipping or censuring his production. Leon Ferrari is expressed in a poetic and controversial sense. His creations explore the possibilities of the plane, the space and the meaning with drawings, sculptures, collages, brailles and objects. In them, he uses metals, inks, pencils, engravings, heliografi­as, dummies, bottles, birds, fish, excrements, images, reliefs in brailles, videos. As much...

Scope and Contents This massive, profusely illustrated catalogue with extensive documentation is a reprint of Leon Ferrari retrospective catalogue of 2004 with additions to bring it up to 2006. The catalogue has been translated from Spanish into Portuguese and was edited by Andrea Giunta. It presents a sample of works of different periods with the purpose of unfolding the creative process of the artist. The exhibition does not include the totality of its works, but a selection of each series or creative moment. If in the retrospective exhibition of an artist a period of its work were eliminated, it would be being been clipping or censuring his production. Leon Ferrari is expressed in a poetic and controversial sense. His creations explore the possibilities of the plane, the space and the meaning with drawings, sculptures, collages, brailles and objects. In them, he uses metals, inks, pencils, engravings, heliografi­as, dummies, bottles, birds, fish, excrements, images, reliefs in brailles, videos....