Publication
ARTISTE
the artist’s book
€3studio edition
A short book, written by the painter, to go with the paintings: the game as a model of the world, painting as a way of training the eye.
The painter’s argument
“ARTISTE” is not a catalogue. It is a working text in which Leo Novoro sets out his thesis: we live in a civilisation of the game, and painting is one of the few ways of making its rules visible.
The book accompanies the series — the satirical canvases, the glass mosaics, the portraits — and offers ways into them: subpersonalities, volume, light, the feint.
“To understand it all, and to train the mind to respond to new impulses, read the book ‘ARTISTE’.”
Leo NovoroOrder the book
The book is available directly from the studio at €3 (plus shipping). Write to the studio with the number of copies and the delivery address; payment details will be sent in reply.
Payment and shipping arranged by email. The book ships from France.
Cover
Subpersonalities
The 2005 canvas used as the cover: one face made of several faces.
Painted in 2005, Subpersonalities has become Leo Novoro’s signature image: one head carries several faces, as if the portrait contained the whole crowd of people its sitter might be. That idea, the individual as an assembly, is the one the book unfolds.