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Caruso, Luciano, 1944-2002

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1944 March 18 - 2002 December 16

Nationality

Italian

Found in 269 Collections and/or Records:

Frammento Superstite e Perclusus / Caruso, Luciano ; Rocca, Roberta., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-39301-41248
Scope and Contents

Caruso wrote the poem printed on the first page and Roberta Rocca created the collage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Frantesprisio e Altre Storie (a Sora) / Caruso, Luciano., 1981 - 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-19144-19523
Scope and Contents

Two sections of the book have several pages pasted together that create a base for two collages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981 - 1982

Giornale / Caruso, Luciano., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-19487-19870
Scope and Contents

The pages are constructed of pages of newspapers over which a rounded, grid of white paper has been pasted. The pages when turned, sound crunchy and have a textured feeling that adds to the book's appeal. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Gli Arcani Maggiori, 1997

 Item — Box 328: [Barcode: 31858072490927]
Identifier: CC-28694-29996
Scope and Contents

The poem by Caruso deals with Tarot cards; the print depicts one example. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Histoire d'Amour pour s'en Mourir / Caruso, Luciano., 1977 - 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-19126-19505
Scope and Contents

Some of the images of the collages are erotic in content. The loose sheets consist of a title page and an index. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977 - 1978

i tarocchi / gli arcani maggori / Caruso, Luciano., 1992 - 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-28572-29859
Scope and Contents

This suite of drawings depict Tarot card images in visual poetic terms. Two of the drawings provide brief handwritten explanations for each of the images. The remaining 22 drawings depict the individual cards. All drawings have white thick paint background on paper. They were framed and matted by Caruso and housed in a wooden box that has been painted and collaged on three of its sides. Photographic reproductions of the drawings are found in "Le Brache di Gutenberg: cronica n.s. 30, 1994," a periodical also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992 - 1993

Il Cerchia dell Evocazione Demoniaco / Caruso, Luciano., 1977 - 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-19441-19824
Scope and Contents

The title translated into English means, The Circle of Demoniacal Recollections. The book has an appearance of an ancient one owing to the vellum binding with leather thongs. Caruso has used white paint for the written text making its reading difficult. There is a round perforation through all the pages, 7 cm in diameter, that exposes a crystal stone collaged onto the inside back cover. Several styles of calligraphy on the pages have been employed by Caruso. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977 - 1978

Il Disconto / Caruso, Luciano., 1980 - 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-19134-19513
Scope and Contents

The content of this book is almost wholly calligraphic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980 - 1982

Il Mio Pensiero / Caruso, Luciano., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-19138-19517
Scope and Contents

The book is written in a free, experimental, calligraphic style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Il Mondo Infronto / Caruso, Luciano., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-19445-19828
Scope and Contents

Several pages are glued together to form two thick pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

[il primero] / Caruso, Luciano., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-58025-10001281
Scope and Contents

This work was exhibited in one of pete spence's 1999 correspondence art shows. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Il Secondo Libro della Sibella Cumana (libro-opera) / Caruso, Luciano., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-19145-19524
Scope and Contents

This book wholly consists of calligraphic text in several styles. The utilization of heavily built-up paint on the one hand and sparkles on the other to form letters of the words is unusual in artist books genre. The words are written onto tissue paper of pink, green, purple, red and blue colored stock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

[incarno] / Caruso, Luciano., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-58022-10001278
Scope and Contents

This work was exhibited in one of pete spence's correspondence art shows. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Invisible City Books: Foresta Ultra Naturam ("forrest beyond nature'). No.6 / Emelio Villa ; Giulia Niccolai ; Luciano Caruso., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-00702-719
Scope and Contents

This work was translated by Pasquale Verdicchio and edited by Paul Vangelisti. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989