Luigi Serafini (artist)
Luigi Serafini, was born in Rome in 1949. He is best known for creating the Codex Seraphinianus, a book published by Franco Maria Ricci, Milan 1981. In 1984 Italo Calvino wrote an essay on it, wich can be found in "Collezione di sabbia" (Sand Collection) by Mondadori. In 1984 he published the more rare Pulcinellopedia (piccola) by Longanesi, all about the neapolitan masque of Pulcinella.
As an architect and designer, he has created scenery, lighting and costumes for Teatro Alla Scala and the Piccolo Teatro di Milano. He has done set designs for RAI, television acronyms/logos in computer graphics, and a talk-show program for Radio Three. He collaborated with Federico Fellini on his final film, La voce della luna (The Voice of the Moon), for which he developed preliminary designs. He has been a visiting artist at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, and has had exhibitions at the Fondazione Mudima di Milano, the XIII Quadriennale, and the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (National Gallery of Modern Art) in Rome.
He has opened a laboratory of ceramics in Umbria, operating between art and craft, he does personal exhibitions, especially in Holland, and participates in numerous collectives.