A compilation of Rudy Ricciotti's opinion pieces about 59 artists and personalities.
If his world famous architectural creations made Rudy Ricciotti's fame, his outspokeness is just as mythical. This publication is yet another example. The architect lists his considerations, sometimes biting, sometimes admiring, but always punchy, about fifty-nine personalities from
Andy Warhol to
Ettore Sottsass through
Pierre Soulages, Francis Bacon or
Claude Viallat. Thus,
Malevitch sees himself described as a "murderer", while Oscar Niemeyer finds himself “at the right hand of God” but “is living in Hell because of the cement mixer”, while
Beuys is reduced to a “poor pilot, coyote tamer and reporter for the
Wall Street Journal.”
