From the book LINGUAGGIO È GUERRA / Fabio Mauri Texts by Filiberto Menna & Fabio Mauri * Published by Massimo…
From the book LINGUAGGIO È GUERRA / Fabio Mauri
Texts by Filiberto Menna & Fabio Mauri
* Published by Massimo Marani Editore (Rome) in 1975
“Linguaggio è guerra / Language is war is a collection of images of war and terror taken from various magazines and newspapers by Italian artist and writer Fabio Mauri. The images have been re-cropped, repositioned, and stamped with the words Language is war. This stamp is always only partly visible and adds a kind of ‘official document’ approach to the images, while appearing simultaneously humorous by their jaunty, playful positioning. Mauri is exploring the relationship between image and ideology. The visual language of war and propaganda”