A selection from our personal bookshelf: Felipe Pantone – Praesentia | 2021
Published by Beyond the Streets & Gingko Press
308 Pages
23,5 x 33,6 cm
English
First Edition – Hardbound with Slip Case
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“I started thinking about this book because I wanted to gather my work in a more or less ordered way. I wanted to take a step back and see with some distance the transformation that my work has undergone in recent years. Sometimes you are so intruded on what you are doing that you do not have a full perspective on it.”
— Felipe Pantone
Felipe Pantone’s new monograph, Praesentia, meaning ‘present time’ in Latin, highlights the last ten years of his studio work and global installations. Showcasing over 250 illustrations, photos and essays by friends and contemporaries, plus personal anecdotes, it is Pantone’s most comprehensive collection of work to date.
“As a 12-year-old who was obsessed with graffiti, who quickly found his way to the computer and the internet, I am very proud of what I have created. Looking through these pages of past projects inspires me to keep going and pushing even further,” says Pantone.
The 308-page, hardbound book – published by BEYOND THE STREETS and GINGKO PRESS – comes in a printed slipcase that creates a moire effect when removed – staying true to Pantone’s kinetic art practice and making it an art piece in itself. Praesentia’s first edition will be limited in copies, with availability initially through beyondthestreets.com, and select book sellers globally soon after.
“Felipe Pantone is one of the most outstanding contemporary young artists with a new and original discourse. Felipe gives a new air to the presence of the spectator, the time in the work of art and the work as instant experience.” Said Carlos Cruz-Diez, a major protagonist in the kinetic art movement and one of Pantone’s celebrated influences.
As BEYOND THE STREETS’ Roger Gastman simply states, “Felipe Pantone is one of the most important artists of this generation. His embrace of time and space through such dynamic and thought-provoking work is a powerful reminder of the transformative digital age we’re living in.” (from editor)
