The more one knows about Currado Malaspina the more the creeping vines of mystery obscure any true understanding.
The French playwright, Stephanie Arnoux, whose Sapphisme recently earned the coveted Prix Cornette for best drama of 2007, struggles in her recent book, Malaspina and the Trembling Blaze to clarify our misconceptions and illuminate our understanding.
That she ultimately fails does not diminish her heroic effort but rather highlights her general thesis that Currado Malaspina is the most enigmatic and complex artist since Marcel Duchamp.
I highly recommend her book to anyone who is the least bit interested in the current trends of contemporary art.
