Published by Hatje Cantz. Edited with text by Adam D. Weinberg. Text by Ginevra De Blasio, Isabella Ducrot, Eva Fabbris, Marta Federici, Jhumpa Lahiri, T'ai Smith, Angela Tecce.
This book is the first comprehensive monograph by Italian artist Isabella Ducrot (born 1931), whose work relies primarily on textiles and paper, which she collects on her travels across the world. The material, in all its qualities and imperfections, becomes a part of the image. Floral still lifes, landscapes, loving couples and garments are all part of Ducrot's vocabulary of themes—simple, yet all-encompassing. Accompanying a major traveling show, this book brings together more than 250 works from Ducrot's career, spanning four decades, and features new scholarly essays by Adam D. Weinberg, Eva Fabbris, Marta Federici, T'ai Smith, Angela Tecce, Ginevra de Blasio and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jhumpa Lahiri. In addition, it includes a selection of Ducrot's own writing, as well as an illustrated chronology of the life and work of the artist.
