Ugo La Pietra
presening the books:
“Le mie giornate particolari con” and “Storie brevi con”, Manfredi Edizioni
together with Simone Mosca and Giovanna Canzi

Tuesday 11 June 2019 7 pm
Libreria Verso
Milan, C.so di Porta Ticinese 40

“The fact is that the environment is important, but even more so the relationships between individuals”.
Relationships – deep, occasional, instantaneous, significant, conflicting – that Ugo La Pietra lived and then collected in two books that give back the spirit of the time.
The two texts – “My special days with” and “Short stories with”, both published by Manfredi Editore – offer the look of an anthropologist who photographs memorable moments, “albeit not exemplary”, with artists who shared moments of life. From Lucio Fontana to the members of the Cenobio Group (Agostino Ferrari, Ettore Sordini, Angelo Verga, Arturo Vermi), from Mario Merz to Gillo Dorfles, from Sol LeWitt to Ettore Sottsass, funny and tangled situations chase each other fast in a fresco made with fury, detail, and irony.