Lately I seem to read a lot about artists’ lives. I like the fact that with some of them one is not entirely sure of the truthful nature of what they’re saying. After all the origin of visual arts is copying/faking nature, so a few fabrications are only natural. What I’ve been reading so far:
Maurizio Cattelan: Autobiografia non autorizzata, Francesco Bonami, Mondadori, 2011
Ai Weiwei Speaks with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Penguin, 2011
The Hare With Amber Eyes, Edmund de Waal, Vintage, 2010
I just started reading another book, this time about contemporary art collectors, which in a way fits the bill: Collecting Contemporary Art, edited by Andrea Bellini, Hapax, 2008.
