Capricho
Bibliographic Details
- Title
- Capricho
- Artist
- MIGUEL ÂNGELO MARTINS & LAURA PILAR DELGADO
- Translator
- Leticia Pérez Alonso
- Publisher
- Raum Editions
- Year
- 2020
- Size
- Booklets: 270 x 180mm, 263 x 175mm / Poster: 390 x 260mm / Card: 263 x 175mm
- Weight
- 30g
- Pages
- 2 booklets: 24p, 12p & poster + card
- Language
- Portuguese & English / ポルトガル語、英語
- Binding
- Softcover, saddle stitched
- Printing
- Risograph 2-ink (brown, black)
- Materials
- Paper: Print Speed 60 gsm, Coloraction Tropic 120 gsm, Muken Pure 240 gsm
- Edition
- 100
- Condition
- New
- ISBN
- 978-989-33-3534-5
Compilation and editing: Miguel Angelo Martins, Laura Pilar Delgado / Concept and design: Miguel Angelo Martins / Proofreading: Leticia Pérez Alonso
Artwork for Artwork
Art for art
Book for book
A solo exhibition at Capela da Boa Viagem, a small chapel on Madeira Island, Portugal. This book was created for this installation work. In other words, it is both a complete book and a part of the installation. Two colors of ink, brown and black, were used for printing on light pink paper. These colors are said to reflect the colors of Miguel's hometown where he was born and raised. The warm, everyday atmosphere of the place is perhaps reflected in the colors of his hometown. The images, geometric patterns, and objects that appear on the pages of the book are all things that Laura has accumulated over the years. In this way, we can see a dialogue between the two artists in one book.
The title of the book, "Capricho," means "whim" in Spanish. The etymology of the word "caprico" can be traced back to "cabra" (goat) and "pelo erizado" (bristly hair), which apparently came to be used as a metaphor for human capriciousness based on the hair and temperament of a goat. In other words, "it is a book about the contradiction between everyday life and the artistic legacy of the past", and was created to lead readers to the "aesthetics of whimsy. The "whimsy," as they call it, is a bit tasteful.
Laura Pilar Delgado set herself the mission of exploring the aesthetic possibilities of technical failure. Laura believes that mistakes are not to be feared, and in the end, she is adamant that there is no such thing as a mistake. She believes that the act of "making a mistake" is one of the human "faculties," an irreplaceable ability that frees us from constraints, prejudices, and dogmatic paradigms. This talk reminded me of two of the Rivotorto Pieces who shared their views on the masterpiece called "Unfinished" at the 2023 Open Day. They wondered if Michelangelo, a perfectionist, would have thought it was "unfinished".
One of the paintings in the book is "San Girolamo nello studio / St. Hieronymus in his study" by "Antonello da Messina " the patron saint of editors, booksellers, translators, and humanists.
This painting can be considered a representative work of Mannerism. The word "Mannerism" is said to have its origin in the word "Mannerisme". Mannerism is an art technique that emerged in the late Renaissance, in which perspective, shortening, and light and dark methods were abstracted to pursue "a picture more beautiful than artificial nature," rather than "a realistic picture as it is. Vasari is said to have called it "an artistic method of action that surpasses nature". The installation, like the painting, was organized around books, shelves, strictly arranged objects, and spaces that offered views of the outside world. It was an essential image to celebrate the whimsical art as it is.
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