Luciano Perna Italy, active United States
b. 1958 Untitled,
1993
Artist's book in die-cut cardboard holder
2 2/16 x 2 in.
Sweeney Art Gallery Permanent Collection
Gift of the Norton Family
93.1.1
Detail
from Untitled, 1993
Luciano Perna juxtaposes found and invented images to create works
that emphasize the process of artistic creation. The often junky imagery
of mass culture is itself one of the everyday materials the artist
puts to use in his art. Perna's work may indeed be indebted to arte
povera, meaning "poor art," the late sixties and seventies Italian
tradition of sculpture composed from everyday materials. This miniature
(2 1/2" x 2") book is filled with a collection of seemingly random
images such as the alien drawing and stuffed monkey with disco ball
photograph displayed above.
