"Tearing up a daily newspaper is the only way to free oneself, at a stroke, from thieves, murderers, swindlers, apostles and catastrophes"… This quotation from the poet Guido Ceronetti fits Zakamoto's works perfectly: he manages to transform dramatic headlines, generally set in huge type, into visions full of humour, capable of drawing a smile from us and at times a real laugh.
Introduction by F-Xavier Bernard,to the catalogue of exposition MEDIAMENTE FALSO by M.Zakamoto.
Artwork printed and mounted in an A3-format passepartout
LA STAMPA — Turin, Year 72, No. 238. Friday 7 October 1938 — Year XVI. Each copy 30 cents.
THE GRAND COUNCIL AND THE DEFENCE OF THE RACE. The measures against the Jews.
Also considered Jews are those born of a mixed marriage who profess the Jewish religion. Absolute exclusion from teaching. No unfavourable discrimination for the families of ex-combatants and of early Fascists. Jews without such merits may not be enrolled in the Party, nor own or run large firms, nor perform military service, nor be eligible for immigration to areas of Ethiopia.
The rules against intermarriage. Declaration on race. Jews of Italian citizenship. Distinctions among Jews of Italian citizenship. Immigration of Jews to Ethiopia. Chairs of racism. To the Blackshirts.
(Historical document: the resolutions of the Grand Council of Fascism that opened the way to the racial laws of 1938.)
