Drago (publisher)

DRAGO
Founded 2001
Founder Paulo von Vacano
Country of origin Italy
Headquarters location Rome
Distribution Messaggerie Italiane SPA (Italy)
Ingram Publisher Services (North America)
Vice Versa Art Books (Germany)
Interart (France)
Turnaround Publisher Services (UK)[1]
Publication types Books
Nonfiction topics Art
Official website www.dragopublisher.com

Drago (stylised as DRAGO) is an independent international publishing house of contemporary art based in Rome, Italy.[2][3][4] The company specialises in street and urban art[5] and has published the works of street photographers, street artists and graffiti writers from around the world. It is frequently involved in exhibitions of contemporary art and acts as the official publisher for various galleries, museums and institutions.[2]

Overview

Drago was founded in 2001 by Paulo Lucas von Vacano as publisher,[3][4] following years working as an Italian-German journalist and president of the Castelvecchi Publishing Company, Posse of Antonio Negri and Aspenia Magazine of The Aspen Institute.[6] He was joined by Domitilla Sartogo as executive director[5] and Nicola Veccia Scavalli as art director.

In the same year, the company published its first book, Brice Marden's Brice Marden: Opere Su Carta 1964-2001[7][8] which was followed by the publication of Ed Templeton's The Golden Age of Neglect in 2002. As well as selling out quickly,[9] this title became the professional skateboarder's best-known book.[10] More recently, Drago's books have included Miss Van's Wild at Heart; Estevan Oriol's LA Woman[11][12] and Boogie's Ah Wah do Dem, a book that received a score of 9.6/10 in a recent Street Hunters review.[13] Among other notable books is Letizia Battaglia’s Anthology, which has been mentioned on CNN,[14] BBC News,[15] The Wall Street Journal[16] and The Daily Beast.[17]

Drago has worked alongside many exhibitors of contemporary art. As the publisher of The French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici, it has been in charge of all publications for exhibitions and artists-in-residence[2] and published many books with its director and art historian, Eric de Chassey.[18] Elsewhere, the company has collaborated with the Outdoor Festival in Rome to produce a five-year catalogue of their exhibitions[19] and the Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome to create a trilogy of books documenting over three years of exhibitions dedicated to the Lowbrow art movement.[20][21] Among other clients are Nike, The L'Orèal Group, Danesi, The City of Rome, 55DSL, Alcatel and Bulgari.

Drago's most recent project has been an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome. Curated by Paulo Lucas von Vacano and Christian Omodeo, Cross the Streets recounts 40 years of street art and graffiti writing in Rome and beyond. It hosts 200 artworks from a number of artists ranging from Shepard Fairey to DAIM including some that came to the museum specifically to produce artwork for the exhibition.[22]

Drago has published 112 titles, of which 12 have sold out.

Selected books

  • 2002: Ed Templeton: The Golden Age of Neglect ( ISBN 9788888493022)
  • 2005: Aaron Rose: Young, sleek and Full of Hell ( ISBN 9788888493329)
  • 2009: Nick Walker: A Sequence of Events ( ISBN 9788888493466)
  • 2009: Mike Giant: Muerte ( ISBN 9788888493190)
  • 2009: Sten and Lex: Stencil Poster ( ISBN 9788888493602)
  • 2010: Estevan Oriol: LA Woman ( ISBN 9788888493473)
  • 2011: Miss Van: Twinkles ( ISBN 9788888493787)
  • 2011: Magda Danysz and Marie Noelle Dana: From Style Writing to Art ( ISBN 9788888493664)
  • 2012: Miss Van: Wild at Heart ( ISBN 9788888493930)
  • 2012: JR: The Wrinkles of the City: Shanghai ( ISBN 9788888493718)
  • 2012: JR: The Wrinkles of the City: Los Angeles ( ISBN 9788888493909)
  • 2013: Estevan Oriol: LA Portraits ( ISBN 9788888493893)
  • 2014: DAIM: Mirko Reisser [DAIM]: 1986-2014 ( ISBN 9788898565016)
  • 2015: Boogie: A Wah Do Dem ( ISBN 9788898565139)
  • 2016: Letizia Battaglia: Anthology ( ISBN 9788898565184)
  • 2017: Paulo von Vacano: The Street is Watching: Where Street Knowledge Meets Photography ( ISBN 9788898565153)
  • 2017: Paulo von Vacano: Cross the Streets ( ISBN 9788898565221)

Book series

2007: 36 Chambers. Inspired by the film The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, the series features 17 books from a diverse range of contemporary artists including Nick Walker, Mike Giant and Ivory Serra.[23][24] For many of these artists, including Nick Walker, their contribution to the series was their first ever book.[25]

Exhibitions

Drago exhibitions

  • 2002: Andres Serrano: Via Crucis at Santa Marta al Collegio Romano, a deconsecrated church in Rome. Curated by Paulo von Vacano.[26][2]
  • 2003: Ed Templeton: Angel of Decay at Acquario Romano in Rome.[27] Curated by Paulo von Vacano.[28][2]
  • 2005: Kennedy. La Famiglia, I Valori, Una Storia at the Temple of Hadrian in Rome. Commissioned by Walter Veltroni and organised by Drago,[29] the exhibition remains the largest in Europe to document the Kennedy family.[2] Catalogue ISBN 9788888493084.
  • 2017: Cross the Streets; 40 Years of Street Art and Writing at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome. Curated by Paulo von Vacano, concept by Drago.[22]

Exhibition catalogues

  • 2008: Scala Mercalli at Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome.[30] Curated by Gianluca Marziani. Catalogue ISBN 9788888493428.
  • 2008: City Slang, The Street Comes to the Gallery at the Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome. Catalogue ISBN 9788888493404[31]
  • 2009: Dalek + Mike Giant at the Magda Danysz Gallery in Paris. Curated by Magda Danysz. Dalek catalogue ISBN 9788888493497, Mike Giant catalogue ISBN 9788888493190[32]
  • 2010: I Mutanti at the French Academy in Rome. Curated by Eric de Chassey. Catalogue ISBN 9788888493596[33]
  • 2010: Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres / Ellsworth Kelly at the French Academy in Rome. Curated by Eric de Chassey. Catalogue ISBN 9788888493619[34]
  • 2011: Europunk: The Visual Culture Of Punk In Europe at the French Academy in Rome. Curated by Eric de Chassey. English catalogue ISBN 9788888493725.[35]
  • 2011: Lo Sguardo Non Mente (English: The Eyes Never Lie) at Palazzo Cà Zanardi, Venice by Riccardo Ghilardi. Catalogue ISBN 9788888493824[36]
  • 2012: Miss Van: Wild at Heart at the Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome. Catalogue ISBN 9788888493930[37]
  • 2012: Jean-Marc Bustamante at the French Academy in Rome. Curated by Eric de Chassey. Catalogue ISBN 9788888493831[38]
  • 2013: Israel Now [Reinventing the Future] at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome. Curated by Micol Di Veroli. Catalogue ISBN 9788888493879.[39]
  • 2013: Les Bains : Résidence d’Artistes at les Bains Douches in Paris.[40] Commissioned by Jeanne-Pierre Marois and curated by Magda Danysz. Catalogue ISBN 9788888493978[41]
  • 2013: Sean Scully: Change and Horizontals at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome. Curated by Joanna Kleinberg and Brett Littman, in collaboration with Peter Benson Miller. Catalogue ISBN 9788888493916.[42]
  • 2013-2014: Europunk – Cité de la Musique at Cité de la Musique, Paris. Curated by Eric de Chassey. Catalogue ISBN 9788888493992.[43]
  • 2014: Simon Hantai at the French Academy in Rome. Curated by Eric de Chassey. Catalogue ISBN 9788898565023[44]
  • 2014: Shepard Fairey #OBEY at Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli in Naples.[45] Curated by Massimo Sgroi. Catalogue ISBN 9788898565108.
  • 2015: Kazuki Takamatsu, Even a Doll Can Do It at the Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome. Catalogue ISBN 9788898565115.[46]
  • 2016-2017: Letizia Battaglia, Just For Passion (Italian: Per Pura Passione) at the MAXXI National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Rome.[47][48] Curated by Paolo Falcone, Margherita Guccione, and Bartolomeo Pietromarchi. English catalogue ISBN 9788898565207, Italian catalogue ISBN 9788898565320.

References

  1. ↑ "Contacts | DRAGO - International publishing house of contemporary art". Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Linford, Sarah (2015). ""S.AGE" – Dionysiac Creativity in the Age of Decadence Paulo Lucas Von Vacano Drago". ABA International Lecture Series. Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma.
  3. 1 2 Hammond, Drew (2011). "The King of Kool: Why Paulo von Vacano, founder of the art publishing house, Drago, thinks that street art already is the next big thang". 1 (8). The Art Economist. pp. 46–50.
  4. 1 2 Salmeron, François. "Paulo Lucas von Vacano, La Street Photography Ouvre Les Portes de la Perception". Fisheye Magazine.
  5. 1 2 "Notes" (PDF). atCooper. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. 2011. Domitilla Sartogo (A’90) is the Executive Director and Cofounder of Drago, an independent art publishing house based in Rome, Italy, that focuses on contemporary and urban art and produces exhibition catalogues and artist monographs
  6. ↑ "Paulo von Vacano - Audaces Impact". Audaces Impact. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  7. ↑ Pratesi, Ludovico (December 14, 2001). "Brice Marden 40 anni d' arte Usa in settanta disegni". la Repubblica. (catalogo Drago)
  8. ↑ "Brice Marden, a cura di Mario Codognato". Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica. 2001. Catalogo prodotto da Trolley e pubblicato in Italia da Drago
  9. ↑ Craig, Jonnie. "Books You Should Own". HUH. Magazine. If you want this book you should get yourself a copy on Amazon right now as it's becoming scarcer by the minute.
  10. ↑ Fordham, Michael (April 10, 2016). "Long Read: Ed Templeton's Suburban Scenes". Huck Magazine. That book, Golden Age of Neglect, remains his best-known, besides the biographical Deformer of 2008.
  11. ↑ Recinos, Erwin (November 18, 2013). "L.A. Taco Interview with Estevan Oriol". L.A. Taco. my publisher was blown away by the fan base buying up all the copies. We ended up selling out and tripped and said lets do the next book.
  12. ↑ "BIO". Estevan Oriol. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  13. ↑ Sweigart, Andrew (2016-06-08). "Boogie's 'A Wah Do Dem'". Street Hunters. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  14. ↑ CNN, Barbie Latza Nadeau, for. "Italy's bloody battle with the Mafia". CNN. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  15. ↑ "In pictures: Framing the Mafia". BBC News. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  16. ↑ 'Anthology', John Hooper | Photos by Letizia Battaglia Captions from the Book (2016-11-18). "Mafia Mayhem at a Museum". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  17. ↑ Nadeau, Barbie Latza (2016-09-24). "One Woman Took on the Mafia with just a Camera". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  18. ↑ Hammond, Drew (2011). "The Art Economist Interview: Éric de Chassey". 1 (8). The Art Economist. p. 50. As the author of many other books and exhibition catalogues, and the curator of numerous exhibitions, he also frequently has published with Drago.
  19. ↑ ""Outdoor Urban Art Festival". Street artist internazionali e musica a Roma". La Gazzetta dello Sport - Tutto il rosa della vita (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  20. ↑ "Events of Dorothy Circus Gallery during Rome Art Week". Rome Art Week. Dorothy Circus Gallery publishes many catalogues of its shows. Some of them edited by Drago Publishing and distributed all over the world.
  21. ↑ "Gallery Spotlight: Interview with Alexandra Mazzanti of Dorothy Circus Gallery". Hi-Fructose Magazine. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  22. 1 2 widewalls. "Cross the Streets - MACRO Museum Rome Salutes the Street Art Movement". WideWalls. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  23. ↑ "Nick Walker "A Sequence of Events" at Black Rat (London) : Brooklyn Street Art". www.brooklynstreetart.com. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  24. ↑ "Sulla coda del drago di Francesca Bonazzoli su Urban". 1995-2015.undo.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  25. ↑ "Nick Walker "A Sequence of Events"". Highsnobiety. 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  26. ↑ "La foto 'sacre' di Andres Serrano il Caravaggio dei tempi moderni Milano fino al 19 novembre 2011". professione-fotografia.blogspot.it. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  27. ↑ "La mostra "Angel of decay"". www.architettiroma.it. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  28. ↑ "Paulo Lucas von Vacano – Drago | RomaProvinciaCreativa". www.romaprovinciacreativa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  29. ↑ "The Collection - Museum The Kennedys". www.thekennedys.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  30. ↑ "ozmo - Ozmo web site". www.ozmo.it. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  31. ↑ "Roma: City Slang - The Street Comes To The Gallery". www.lasciailsegno.it. 2007-09-06. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  32. ↑ "Dalek + Mike Giant Galerie Magda Danysz Paris". 1995-2015.undo.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  33. ↑ http://www.exibart.com. "fino al 6.VI.2010 - I Mutanti - Roma, Villa Medici". Exibart. Retrieved 2017-01-20. catalogo drago
  34. ↑ "A Villa Medici Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Ellsworth Kelly". Il Faro Online. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  35. ↑ Biasi, Vittoria. "Inside The Europunk Exhibition. The Punk Cultural Vision In Europe During The Year 1976-80 | French Academy In Rome, Villa Medici". 1F Media Project. The exhibition EUROPUNK will be accompanied by a catalogue published in three languages (French, Italian and English) by Drago, with essays by Éric de Chassey, Jon Savage, and Jerry Goossens, complemented by facsimiles of fanzines and hundreds of images.
  36. ↑ "Mostra del Cinema di Venezia, Lo sguardo non mente: "E tu, sei felice?"". www.vanityfair.it. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  37. ↑ "Vandalog – A Viral Art and Street Art Blog » "Wild At Heart" a Miss Van solo show". blog.vandalog.com. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  38. ↑ "Jean-Marc Bustamante a Villa Medici". Provincia di Roma. Sarà accompagnata da un catalogo edito dalla DRAGO con testi di Éric de Chassey e di Jean-Marc Bustamante.
  39. ↑ "Israel now [reinventing the future]". www.glocalproject.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  40. ↑ Corp., absolutearts.com, World Wide Arts Resources,. "June 22nd "Les Bains, artists residency" Exhibition + Book - absolutearts.com". www.absolutearts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  41. ↑ "Magda Danysz : Les Bains – Résidence d'Artistes". Thomas Canto (in French). 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  42. ↑ "Sean Scully: Change & Horizontals" (PDF). Embassy of the United States of America.
  43. ↑ "Europunk alla Cité de la Musique". www.villamedici.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-19. La mostra è accompagnata da un catalogo edito dalla casa editrice Drago.
  44. ↑ "Hantai Imprevisible". Air France Magazine. April 2014. p. 42.
  45. ↑ Napoli, Comune di. "Comune di Napoli - Shepard Fairey. #OBEY". www.comune.napoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  46. ↑ "Japanese tradition and digital art on show at the Dorothy Circus Gallery - Rome Central Magazine, city on the web". www.romecentral.com. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  47. ↑ Sweigart, Andrew (23 December 2016). "Press release: Letizia Battaglia's 'Just for passion'". Street Hunter. StreetHunter. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  48. ↑ "Letizia Battaglia. Just for passion". MAXXI. Fondazione MAXXI. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
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