Henry Martin: an active ear

Below the title “Henry Martin: an active ear. Selected Writings, Conversations and Correspondences’ is a first publication of the work of African-American scribes, art critics, transliterators and curators Henry Martin. Das Buch, herausgeben und eingeleitet von Emanuele Guidi, examined Martin’s Einfluss on the cultural and artistic environment in Italy, Europe and the USA.

Henry Martin, African-American author, Kritiker, Übersetzer and Kurator, was born in Philadelphia in 1942 and died in South Tyrol in 2022. 1965 left after Italy and 1971 in Bergdorf Völser Aicha nieder. If Heirat got a blessing with the art teacher Berty Skuber, this is an answer. Dennoch was released in the city in Venedig, Rom, New York, Nizza and Philadelphia. This Orte says that the Connecting of Künstlern and Kritikern.

In particular for these published essays, Martin’s life path and work are published. The theme became a series of social activities, a shared work environment with arts and crafts, and 1971 that included great cultural activities in the Verlassen and in the Italian Alps to the soul. Including the revision of Martin’s Tätigkeit als oversetzer and his langjähriger Austausch with Künstlern and Intellektuellen.

These im Buch enthaltenen Dokumente stem large tenteils from Martins Privatarchiv in Bozen as well as the Archiv of the Avantgarden – Egidio Marzona in Dresden. He invests Martin’s central roles in radical art movements with Fluxus, Mail Art, Konkrete Poesie, Arte Povera, Nouveau Réalisme and Konzeptkunst.

Unterstützt wird das Projekt vom Directorate General Contemporary Creativity des Italian Kulturministeriums im Rahmen des Italian Council Programms (12. Edition, 2023).

Book research in the archives of the avant-garden

• Friday, October 11, 5 p.m., Blockhaus, Archiv der Avantgarden — Egidio Marzona
• Große Meißner Straße 19, 01097 Dresden