"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
CORRIERE DELLA SERA — Saturday 24 October 2020.
Front page — The second wave. IN THE GOVERNMENT. The minister is positive, like his wife De Girolamo: «Careful, the virus strikes even where you feel safe».
Boccia: I have Covid-19, it got into my home.
ROME. «I keep working. I don't want to and I can't stop. But it is a family disaster». A phone call had first reached his wife, Nunzia De Girolamo, former Forza Italia MP, who had told the Corriere of the difficulty of managing the Covid infection at home: she shut in the bedroom, he and their little girl outside. Yesterday Francesco Boccia, the Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies, announced on Facebook that he was positive.
Rapid (and voluntary) tests for deputies at Montecitorio. Sanitisation and checks at the Quirinale.
