OnthemanylivesandmediumsofapostwarItalianartist-adventurerPublishedontheoccasionofherlong-deservedretrospectiveatMuzeumSusch,thisbooktestifiestothesingularvisionofItalianartistLauraGrisi(1939-2017)withincontemporaryarthistory.BorninGreece,educatedinParisandlivingbetweenNewYorkandRome,whereshedied,GrisispentlongperiodsofherlifeinAfrica,SouthAmericaandPolynesia.Thisinvolvementwithnon-Westernculturesindeliblymarkedherownsearchforacosmicthinking.AlthoughherworkisoftenreducedtoPopart,Grisialwaysworkedwithinthefundamentalmotifofthe“journey“--fromremotelocationsvisitedanddocumented,tothemultiplicityofmediumsused.Grisiembodiedastateless,nomadicfemalesubjectdefyingthepoliticsofidentity,theunivocityofrepresentationandtheunidirectionalityoftime.Grisi’sworkspansfromheravant-gardeVariablePaintingsofthemid-1960sandher1970spioneeringenvironmentalinstallationsdealingwithfog,windandrain,toherconceptualphoto-worksofthe1980s.
