Gianfranco Ferroni - 7 Exhibition Catalogues and Monographs - 1968-1994

1. Gianfranco Ferroni: Works on paper 1963-1991
• Author/Curator: Marco Goldin
• Publisher: Galleria Bellinzona, Milan
• Year of publication: 1991
• Page count: 114 pages
• Description: A precious catalog with a square layout entirely focused on the artist's graphic production and drawings. The text reconstructs almost thirty years of intimate reflections carried out through pastels, pencils, brush and ink, and engravings that prepare or accompany Ferroni's greater painting production.

2. Gianfranco Ferroni (Mazzotta/Mudima)
• Author/Curator: Mudima Foundation
• Publisher: Edizioni Mazzotta / Mudima Foundation, Milan
• Year of publication: 1994
• Page count: 144 pages
• Description: The book traces a fundamental critical appraisal of his expressive maturity and is enriched by splendid reproductions of silent interiors of workshop and study on full page.

3. Gianfranco Ferroni (Galleria dell'Oca)
• Author/Curator: Luisa Laureati
• Publisher: Galleria dell'Oca, Rome
• Year of publication: 1980
• Page count: 48 pages
• Description: Elegant softcover catalog on a light gray background, printed by the historic Roman gallery in Via dell'Oca on the occasion of a famous solo exhibition of the artist. It contains avant-garde critical texts on existential realism and a selection of black-and-white and color plates focusing on the iconic workshop objects isolated in space.

4. Gianfranco Ferroni (Il Gabbiano)
• Author/Curator: Galleria d'Arte Il Gabbiano
• Publisher: Galleria d'Arte Il Gabbiano, Rome
• Year of publication: 1987
• Page count: 52 pages
• Description: Monographic catalog published for the exhibition held at the renowned Capitoline venue in Via della Frezza in 1987. On the cover is a magnificent still life in powdery, desaturated tones, where bottles, drawing tools, and a work table become the absolute protagonists of a poetry of geometric solitude.

5. Ferroni (Galleria Galatea)
• Author/Curator: Mario Tazzoli
• Publisher: Galatea – Contemporary Art Gallery, Turin
• Year of publication: 1968
• Page count: 36 pages
• Description: A precious and rare archival document, printed in a lightweight softcover for the historic Turin show. The volume captures Ferroni's crucial stylistic transition toward the end of the sixties, documenting youthful works still imbued with political tensions, pop-style deconstructions, and existential drama before the definitive shift to pure interiors.

6. Gianfranco Ferroni: Works of the Sixties
• Author: Alberto Crespi
• Publisher: Montrasio Arte, Monza
• Year of publication: 1993
• Page count: 72 pages
• Description: A square monographic volume focused on the scientific study of the artist's early production. The work documents geometric collages, mirror reflections, and interiors’ tortured assemblages that distinguished Ferroni of the post-war golden decade. The cover features a composition rich in faded figurative details and black anthropomorphic silhouettes.

7. Ferroni (Galleria Forni 1989)
• Author/Curator: Tiziano Forni
• Publisher: Galleria Forni, Bologna
• Year of publication: 1989
• Page count: 56 pages
• Description: Art catalog printed on high-quality rough paper for the historic Bologna gallery, always a reference point for Italy's outstanding figurative painting. The cover presents a studio table covered with a white cloth, illuminated by a raking, almost metaphysical light, an absolute manifesto of the purist and monumental interior aesthetics of Ferroni in late 1980s.