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Luigi Serafini: Codex Seraphinianus

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  • Luigi Serafini
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    Luigi Serafini

    Born in Rome 1949 , Italy. Lives and works in Milan.

    The most peculiar book in the world

     

    Luigi Serafini is an Italian artist best known for creating the Codex Seraphinianus:  an illustrated encyclopedia of imaginary things written in an unknown language in an asemic script -  in what was believed to be a constructed language derivated from automatic writing.

     

    The Codex Seraphinianus, an illustrated encyclopaedia reminiscent of a naturalist’s book or a travel guide to an unknown universe, contains fantastical depictions of machines, anatomical details, mythologies, food, flora, fauna and other concepts initiated by Serafini in the late 1970s.

     

    "I must say that at the beginning, especially, writers were interested in my work; Umberto Eco, Roland Barthes, Italo Calvino, all those people. They were my first fans. They were fascinated by something which cannot be read, so that's really funny."

     

    As a polyfacetic artist, he has worked also as an architect, ceramist, sculptor and designer. Serafini helped Federico Fellini in his last movie La Voce della Luna (1988) and he also designed scenes and costumes for Teatro alla Scala and Piccolo Teatro in Milan

  • WORKS

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    Luigi Serafini, Room, 2019 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini, Tower, 2019 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini, Night, 2020 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini, Horses, 2019 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini, Mondo, 2015 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini, Nest, 2010 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini, Canemus, 2013 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini, La langue secrète des Oiseaux, 2022 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini, D-Sogni, 2022 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini  Untitled, 2019  Color pencil on paper  30 x 20 cm (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini, Untitled , 2019 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini, Cloud, 2019 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini, Untitled , 2008 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini  Garden, 2015  Color pencil on paper  30 x 20 cm (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini  Bacco Dionisio, 2015  Ceramic  30 x 12 x 8 cm (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini, Landscape Luigi Serafini, 2019 (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
    Luigi Serafini, Room, 2019
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  • THE BOOK

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  • STUDIO

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  • PRESS

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    • Luigi Serafini. apartamento magazine
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      Luigi Serafini. apartamento magazine

      November 10, 2021
      Autumn/Winter 2021-22 Featuring: Soisy and the Sphinx: the homes of Niki de Saint Phalle, Fritz Haeg, Paa Joe, Katherine Bernhardt, Gianni Pettena, Jose Dávila, Lisa Walker & Karl Fritsch, Joan...
    • Luigi Serafini. The weirdest book in the world just turned 40. We talked to its creator.
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      Luigi Serafini. The weirdest book in the world just turned 40. We talked to its creator.

      November 23, 2021
      Article THE INSIDER
    • Luigi Serafini. Look Inside the Extremely Rare Codex Seraphinianus, the Weirdest Encyclopedia Ever
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      Luigi Serafini. Look Inside the Extremely Rare Codex Seraphinianus, the Weirdest Encyclopedia Ever

      October 18, 2013
      A couple having sex metamorphoses into a crocodile. Fish eyes from some weird creature float on the surface of the sea, staring at me. A man is riding his own...
    • Luigi Serafini. La fantasia al potere
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      Luigi Serafini. La fantasia al potere

      March 15, 2022
      Article 6 pages about Luigi Serafini
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  • EXHIBITION

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    Luigi Serafini Exhibition at Wizard Gallery (Larger version of this image opens in a popup).
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