
Francois Morelli
Il pleut, 2023
Encre acrylique et tampon encreur sur papier / Acrylic ink and rubber stamping on paper
90 x 98 "
228.6 x 248.9 cm
228.6 x 248.9 cm
Copyright The Artist
[English follows] « Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) est né à Rome d'un officier italien et d'une mère française provenant de la noblesse polonaise. Etabli à Paris, il fréquente les milieux artistiques...
[English follows] « Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) est né à Rome d'un officier italien et d'une mère française provenant de la noblesse polonaise. Etabli à Paris, il fréquente les milieux artistiques où il exerce ses activités en tant que journaliste, poète, critique d'art et conférencier. Artilleur dans l'armée française, il est blessé à la tête en 1916 et meurt en 1918 après avoir publié Calligrammes. Un calligramme est un poème dont la typographie et la disposition graphique sur la page forme un dessin. Guillaume Apollinaire est l'inventeur du mot formé par le télescopage de calligraphie et idéogramme. Ecrit en 1916, Il Pleut faisait partie de Calligrammes. Le poème est ici réinterprété. »
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"Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) was born in Rome to an Italian officer and a Frenchwoman of Polish nobility. He settled in Paris, frequented artistic circles and worked as a journalist, poet, art critic and lecturer. An artilleryman in the French army, he was wounded in the head in 1916 and died in 1918 after publishing Calligrammes. A calligram is a poem whose typography, the graphic layout on the page, forms a drawing. Guillaume Apollinaire invented the word, formed by telescoping calligraphy and ideogram. Written in 1916, ll Pleut was part of Calligrammes. The present iteration of the poem is a reinterpretation."
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"Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) was born in Rome to an Italian officer and a Frenchwoman of Polish nobility. He settled in Paris, frequented artistic circles and worked as a journalist, poet, art critic and lecturer. An artilleryman in the French army, he was wounded in the head in 1916 and died in 1918 after publishing Calligrammes. A calligram is a poem whose typography, the graphic layout on the page, forms a drawing. Guillaume Apollinaire invented the word, formed by telescoping calligraphy and ideogram. Written in 1916, ll Pleut was part of Calligrammes. The present iteration of the poem is a reinterpretation."