Writings by Nanni Valentini
Catalog of the exhibition “Il volto di Endimione e i 28 volti di Selene” [The Face of Endymion and the 28 Faces of Selene], Galleria Cà Vegia, Salice Terme (AL), 1980, and Galleria Mercato del Sale, Milan, 1983.
“Of the theme of the Angel” –
1985, terracotta, iron and paper on wood, cm 150 x 200
“What is the way to the abode of light?And where does darkness reside?Can you take them to their places?Do you know the paths to their dwellings?Surely you know, for you were already born!You have lived so many years!” (Giobbe 38, 19-21) The relationship with nature… The Pre-Socratics had a concept of unchangeability, of immobility: they did not explain how things became, but …
In Estra, cultural magazine published every four months, edited by Ugo Carrega, no. 5, October-January 1982
Written in 1980 and not published during the artist’s lifetime. Published in ‘Nanni Valentini’, Riga 3, Velate 1992
Manoscritto datato 06/02/82, per la didattica all’Isa di Monza. (inedito in vita)
Written in November 1985 for the solo exhibition La nascita dell’angelo [The birth of the angel], Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, published posthumously in the exhibition catalogue, edited by E. Klinge, January 1986
In the catalogue artis lingua, Quaderni di storia dell’arte, Centro Immagini Koh-i-noor, Milan, 1985
In “Nanni Valentini, il vaso e il polipo”, exh. cat. (with text by M. Meneguzzo), Galleria Vera Biondi, Florence, February 1982
In: “Nanni Valentini”, catalog of solo exhibition, Galerie Babel, Heilbronn, Germany, June 1981
In Bruno Baratti ceramic painter, anthology 1935-1980, exhibition catalogue, Palazzo Ducale, Pesaro, 18 July – 20 September 1981
in “Nanni Valentini”, catalogo della mostra, Padiglione d’arte contemporanea, Milano, 19 gennaio / 20 febbraio 1984
Text written by Nanni Valentini in September 1983, to mark the occasion of the research and composition of the first thesis on his artistic activity.
Typescript of uncertain date, referable to the years 1980–1982, unpublished in life, first published in the catalog of the exhibition “Nanni Valentini opere 1982–1985”, Galleria Civica, Modena, 1987.
Typescript of autograph letter to ceramist Giovanni Crippa, July 31, 1979. First published in the catalog of the exhibition Nanni Valentini opere 1982 – 1985, Galleria Civica, Modena, 1987.
Nanni Valentini, Sulla materia [On the Matter]. In: E. Maurizi (ed.), Materia come realtà [Matter as Reality], exhibition catalog, Pinacoteca e Musei Comunali, Macerata, December 1979.
Nanni Valentini. Terra-numero e Terra-bagnato, Studio Casati, Merate, aprile 1979, catalogo della mostra.
In: Five Italian Artists (Enrico Ferreri, Oscar Piattella, Paolo Schiavocampo, Nanni Valentini e Walter Valentini), exhibition catalogue, Harbor ART Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA, 1979.
In Ambient’azione, exh. cat., Galleria Lanza, Verbania-Intra, 24 June – 30 September 1978
Typescript probably used for the press release of the solo exhibition at “Galleria Milano”, Milan, 1976.
“Biennale di scultura Gubbio 76”, Palazzo dei Consoli, Gubbio, August 22–October 16, 1976, exhibition catalog.