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  • Comment: Still an advertisement and the amount of major independent news is still not large enough, focus with additional ones as this Draft is still too questionable. SwisterTwister talk 03:01, 21 December 2016 (UTC)
  • Comment: This is an advertisement. The company might be notable, so an article might be possible. List only a few books, of particular importance, and just list them, do not write a paragraph about each of them . Avoid adjectives of praise. Avoid anything copied from another web site.
    don't include the further reading section--if any arei mportant, include in the references. DGG ( talk ) 10:40, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Drago (stylised as DRAGO) is an independent international publishing house of contemporary art based in Rome, Italy.[1][2][3] The company specialises in street and urban art[4] 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 and museums.  

DRAGO
Founded2001
FounderPaulo von Vacano
Country of originItaly
Headquarters locationRome
Publication typesBooks
Official websitedragolab.com

Overview

Drago was founded in 2001 by Paulo Lucas von Vacano as publisher,[2][3] following years working as an Italian-German journalist and the president of the Castelvecchi Publishing Company.[5] He was joined by Domitilla Sartogo as executive director[4] 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[6][7] which was followed by the publication of Ed Templeton's The Golden Age of Neglect in 2002. As well as selling out quickly,[8] this title became the professional skateboarder's best-known book.[9] More recently, Drago's books have included Miss Van's Wild at Heart; Estevan Oriol's LA Woman[10][11] and Boogie's Ah Wah do Dem, a book that received a score of 9.6/10 in a recent Street Hunters review.[12] Among other notable books is Letizia Battaglia’s Anthology, which has been mentioned on CNN[13], BBC News[14], The Wall Street Journal[15] and The Daily Beast.[16]

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[1] and published many books with its director and art historian, Eric de Chassey.[17] Elsewhere, the company has collaborated with the Outdoor Festival in Rome to produce a five-year catalogue of their exhibitions[18] 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.[19][20] Among other clients are Nike, The L'Orèal Group, Danesi, The City of Rome, 55DSL, Alcatel and Bulgari.

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)

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.[21]

Exhibitions

Drago exhibitions

Exhibition catalogues

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 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.
  2. ^ a b 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". Vol. 1, no. 8. The Art Economist. pp. 46–50.
  3. ^ a b Salmeron, François. "Paulo Lucas von Vacano, La Street Photography Ouvre Les Portes de la Perception". Fisheye Magazine.
  4. ^ a b "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
  5. ^ "Paulo von Vacano - Audaces Impact". Audaces Impact. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  6. ^ Pratesi, Ludovico (December 14, 2001). "Brice Marden 40 anni d' arte Usa in settanta disegni". la Repubblica. (catalogo Drago)
  7. ^ "Brice Marden, a cura di Mario Codognato". Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica. 2001. Catalogo prodotto da Trolley e pubblicato in Italia da Drago
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "BIO". Estevan Oriol. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  12. ^ Sweigart, Andrew (2016-06-08). "Boogie's 'A Wah Do Dem'". Street Hunters. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
  13. ^ CNN, Barbie Latza Nadeau, for. "Italy's bloody battle with the Mafia". CNN. Retrieved 2017-01-26. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "In pictures: Framing the Mafia". BBC News. 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  15. ^ '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.
  16. ^ Nadeau, Barbie Latza (2016-09-24). "One Woman Took on the Mafia with just a Camera". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  17. ^ Hammond, Drew (2011). "The Art Economist Interview: Éric de Chassey". Vol. 1, no. 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.
  18. ^ ""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.
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ "Gallery Spotlight: Interview with Alexandra Mazzanti of Dorothy Circus Gallery". Hi-Fructose Magazine. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  21. ^ "Sulla coda del drago di Francesca Bonazzoli su Urban". 1995-2015.undo.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  22. ^ "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.
  23. ^ "La mostra "Angel of decay"". www.architettiroma.it. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  24. ^ "Paulo Lucas von Vacano – Drago | RomaProvinciaCreativa". www.romaprovinciacreativa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  25. ^ "The Collection - Museum The Kennedys". www.thekennedys.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  26. ^ "ozmo - Ozmo web site". www.ozmo.it. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  27. ^ "Roma: City Slang - The Street Comes To The Gallery". www.lasciailsegno.it. 2007-09-06. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  28. ^ "Dalek + Mike Giant Galerie Magda Danysz Paris". 1995-2015.undo.net (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  29. ^ http://www.exibart.com. "fino al 6.VI.2010 - I Mutanti - Roma, Villa Medici". Exibart. Retrieved 2017-01-20. catalogo drago {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  30. ^ "A Villa Medici Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Ellsworth Kelly". Il Faro Online. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  31. ^ 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.
  32. ^ "Mostra del Cinema di Venezia, Lo sguardo non mente: «E tu, sei felice?»". www.vanityfair.it. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  33. ^ "Vandalog – A Viral Art and Street Art Blog  » "Wild At Heart" a Miss Van solo show". blog.vandalog.com. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  34. ^ "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.
  35. ^ "Israel now [reinventing the future] |". www.glocalproject.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  36. ^ Corp., absolutearts.com, World Wide Arts Resources,. "June 22nd "Les Bains, artists residency" Exhibition + Book - absolutearts.com". www.absolutearts.com. Retrieved 2017-01-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  37. ^ "Magda Danysz : Les Bains – Résidence d'Artistes". Thomas Canto (in French). 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  38. ^ "Sean Scully: Change & Horizontals" (PDF). Embassy of the United States of America.
  39. ^ "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.
  40. ^ "Hantai Imprevisible". Air France Magazine. April 2014. p. 42.
  41. ^ Napoli, Comune di. "Comune di Napoli - Shepard Fairey. #OBEY". www.comune.napoli.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-01-18.
  42. ^ "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.
  43. ^ Sweigart, Andrew (23 December 2016). "Press release: Letizia Battaglia's 'Just for passion'". Street Hunter. StreetHunter. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  44. ^ "Letizia Battaglia. Just for passion". MAXXI. Fondazione MAXXI. Retrieved 16 January 2017.

External links

Drago's website

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