Fabio Mauri
author · photographer
Fabio Mauri (1926–2009) was an Italian artist, author, and intellectual. He began focusing on painting in the 1950s but became known for his conceptual work involving language, photography, and installations. In 1976, he published his first book, 'Manipolazione di cultura' (Manipulation of Culture), which explored the ideological instrumentalization of language through photographs from the 1930s depicting Mussolini's Italy and Hitler's Germany. He was a co-founder of the art magazine 'La città di Riga' in 1976. His work often addresses themes of cultural manipulation, history, and the relationship between images and text.[1,3,4]
- cultural manipulation
- ideological instrumentalization of language
- history
- Italian and German history
Books
Works by Fabio Mauri
- 1976 Manipolazione di cultura – Manipulation der Kultur Artist's book containing 42 black and white photolithographs with captions in Italian and German.
- 1975 Linguaggio è guerra
- 1975 Senza ideologia
Exhibitions
- 1994 Opere e azioni 1954-1994