Jim Dine: Pinocchio

Jim Dine: Pinocchio

Author: Carlo Collodi, Jim Dine

Publication : Steidl

Size : 245mm×310mm×24mm

Year of publication: 2006

Number of pages: 176

Language : English

Condition : B

Although there is some wear, it is in good condition.

Minor wear and tear due to usage, but in fairly new condition.

Content

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"Thanks to Carlo Collodi, the real creator of Pinocchio, I have for many years been able to live thru the wooden boy. His ability to hold the metaphor in limitless ways has made my drawings, paintings and sculpture of him richer by far. His poor burned feet, his misguided judgment, his vanity about his large nose, his temporary donkey ears all add up to the real sum of his parts. In the end it is his great heart that holds me. I have carried him on my back like landscape since I was six years old. Sixty-four years is a long time to get to know someone, yet his depth and secrets are endless. This book is for the Boy."

Pinocchio has long been a significant motif in Jim Dine's work, and this book is his illustrated version of Collodi's original, dark story. Set far from a traditional fairy-tale world, containing as it does the hard realities of the need for food, shelter and other basic measures of daily life, its allegory, satire and wit are the perfect subject for Dine's graphic drawings. (from the publisher)

This book also coincided with Dine's exhibition "Jim Dine: Pinocchio" (catalog also available in KIKA books).

"Thanks to Carlo Collodi, the creator of Pinocchio, I have been able to live through the wooden boy for many years. His infinite capacity for metaphor has enriched my drawings, paintings and sculptures of Pinocchio immensely. His poor burnt feet, his poor judgment, his vanity over his big nose, his temporary donkey ears - all these become the sum of his true parts. In the end, it is his big heart that sustains me. I have carried him like a landscape on my back since I was six years old. Sixty-four years is a long time to get to know someone, but his depths and secrets are endless. This book is for the boy."

Pinocchio is a key motif in Jim Dine's work, and here he illustrates Collodi's dark original story. Far from the world of traditional fairy tales, the story's allegory, satire and wit make it the perfect subject for Dine's graphic drawings - from the publisher

This book was published at the same time as the Jim Dine exhibition: the catalogue is also available at KIKA books.

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