Micah Lexier
Autobiography
Brescia, Italy: Tonini Editore, 2022
64 pp., 12 x 17 cm., softcover
Edition size unknown
Published in June of this year, Lexier's Autobiography is the 8th in a series titles by Tonini Editore, which are published monthly. The series follows a standard format but otherwise the invited artist is free to approach the subject of 'autobiography' however they see fit.
Lexier's entry follows Claude Closky and is followed by Thomas Hischhorn. Other artists in the series include Jonathan Monk, Koo Jeong-A and Nathalie du Pasquier. The series is curated by a committee that includes Pedro Barbosa (collector and founder of the Coleção Moraes - Barbosa), Alex Bacon (art historian), Claudio Guenzani (gallery owner in Milan, owner of the Studio Guenzani), Michele Lombardelli (artist, composer, typographer and consultant for several publishing houses), Shwetal Ashvin Patel (writer and researcher, founding member of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale), Christoph Schifferli (collector and scholar), and Valentino Tonini (director of the homonymous publishing house).
Autobiography #8 at first appears to be all-blank, possibly as a reference to Piero Manzoni's blank Life and Works book from 1963. But closer inspection reveals that the pages are perforated and can be torn off. This may refer to the tearing of pages from a daily wall calendar (and the idea of life lived vs life still to come, a common theme in Lexier's earlier work) or just a celebration of the circle and the hole, a regular appearance in his more recent output.
The book is available from les presses du reel, here.
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