- Paola Igliori
Paola Igliori, born in
Rome ,Italy , is a poet, writer, photographer, essayist and publisher. She became a resident ofNew York City from the 1980s, when she first moved there, until 2003 when she returned to her home country. Paola Igliori has a son Filippo, who is a photographer and film maker. Infobox Person
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occupation = Publisher, authorBiography
Igliori's parents habitually invited poets, writers, and other artists at the family estate of
Villa Lina , nearRome , where young Paola and her four brother and sisters, Benedetta, Gaia, Ulisse and Alessandro, spent their summers and "grew up in between the intellectual, scholarly and creative milieu that surrounded [her] and the root elders".Igliori's first book was "Entrails, Heads, and Tails", photographic essays and conversations with artists such as
Louise Bourgeois ,James Turrell ,Enzo Cucchi ,Vito Acconi ,Cy Twombly ,Gilbert & George ,Francesco Clemente ,Sigmar Polke ,Julian Schnabel ,Wolfgang Laib , and others, published by [http://www.rizzoliusa.com/rizzoli.html Rizzoli] in 1991. The book was described by some critics "an exploration of creativity through the everyday life" [ [http://www.jackmagazine.com/issue3/credits.html jackmagazine] ] . Igliori's conversations with artists, and her photo essays, have appeared in magazines in many countries, such as "Artscribe , Interview", and "Wolkenkratzer". In 1990 she started the publishing label ofInanout Press , based in New York City, putting out publications such as "Chocolate Dreams & Dollars" (1992) which isPaul Bowles ' collaboration with Moroccan storytellerMohammed Mrabet , "Stickman" (1994), and others. In 1996, she edited and published "", a book about then largely unknown (though well known among artists since the 1950s) American artist, painter, poet, film maker, essayist and collectorHarry Everett Smith . Igliori had developed a strong personal relationship with Smith, who, by some accounts, had died in 1992 in her arms "while singing", at theHotel Chelsea . In 2001, she wrote and directed a documentary about Smith titled "American Magus" [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309277 IMDB.com] ] .In 2003, Iglori relocated back to
Villa Lina , in Italy, which she started operating as a residential estate, also organising social events.Bibliography
* "American Magus: A Modern Alchemist", edited by Paola Igliori. New York, New York: Inanout Press, 1996. 286 pages. ISBN 0-9625119-9-4.
Filmography
* American Magus
Notes
Further reading
* [http://www.milkmag.org/interview3.htm Milkmag] Interview of
Allen Ginsberg by Paola Igliori, mainly about Harry Smith, 1995.
* [http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.9/3.9pages/3.9bendazzismith.html Animation World Magazine] Article about the book "American Magus"External links
* [http://www.villalina.com Villa Lina official website] Includes brief family history and pictures
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