Description

This book documents the exhibition “Damián Ortega: Casino”, held at Pirelli HangarBicocca from June 5 to October 8, 2015. Edited by Vicente Todolí, this catalogue differs from previous volumes published by Pirelli HangarBicocca in that it is in part an artist’s book, due to the presence of a “visual essay” especially conceived by Damián Ortega himself: a sequence of literary quotations and images that have been reworked through an alteration and deconstruction of objects and ideas that is analogous to the artist’s own practice. The book also features an essay by Massimiliano Gioni and a “special” conversation between the artist and art critic Maria Mínera, together with exhaustive photographic documentation by Agostino Osio. “Damián Ortega: Casino” is published by Mousse with the editorial services of Studio Buysschaert & Malerba (Milan), and designed by Studio Leftloft (Milan).