Vincent Piazza reads The Boxer by Gabriele Tinti
Vincent Piazza reads The Boxer by Gabriele Tinti
Eris Press is pleased to announce the event The Boxer, a reading by actor Vincent Piazza of poems by Gabriele Tinti to celebrate the publication of the limited edition of
Ruins.
The event will take place at the legendary Gleason’s Gym on Saturday, April 26, at 6:30 PM, in collaboration with DiBella Entertainment, with the participation of…..The hospitality partner for the event is Wythe Hotel.
The event coincides with the launch of the limited edition volume, published by Eris Press (London, New York). It features an unpublished poem inspired by The Boxer at Rest, one of the greatest masterpieces of ancient art.
The FLAG Art Foundation in Chelsea used a line from Gabriele Tinti’s Boxer poems—featured in the book—as the title of their 2024 exhibition. The exhibition included works by renowned artists such as George Bellows, Edward Hopper, Eadweard Muybridge, Paul Pfeiffer, and Ed Ruscha. It was also presented at the Miami Norton Museum of Art in Fall 2024 (link).
The limited edition contains commentary by Paul Zanker (Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa), Jerry Saltz (art critic), Daniela Porro (Superintendent of Cultural Heritage of Rome),Mirella Serlorenzi (Director of the Baths of Caracalla), Kasia Boddy (University of Cambridge), Carol C. Mattusch (George Mason University), Sean Hemingway (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) and Vinzenz Brinkmann (Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung).
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I enriched my knowledge of boxing by reading Gabriele’s poems. Nino Benvenuti Undisputed super-welterweight and middleweight Champion of the World
The boxer is exhausted. The severe wounds on his face bleed and hurt. His gaze towards the judges is anxious. Even the strongest among us is just a man, vulnerable and full of fear, as Gabriele Tinti’s verses remind us.
Paul Zanker
Professor of Ancient Art History at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa
Gabrielle Tinti is an Italian poet. He has worked with the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
the Capitolini Museums (among many other institutions), and his poems have been performed by actors including Abel Ferrara, Willem Dafoe, and Kevin Spacey. In 2018, his
ekphrastic poetry project Ruins was awarded the Premio Montale with a ceremony at the Museo Nazionale Romano in Palazzo Altemps. His recent publications are Last Words
(Milan: Skira Rizzoli, 2016), The Earth Will Come To Laugh and To Feast (New York:
Powerhouse Books, 2020), Ruins (London: Eris Press; Milan: Libri Scheiwiller, 2021), Bleedings (Milan: La Nave di Teseo, 2022; New York: Contra Mundum Press, 2023), Confessions (London: Eris Press), and Hungry Ghosts (London: Eris Press, 2024).
Vincent Piazza is an American actor known for his roles in film and television. He starred as Lucky Luciano in the acclaimed series Boardwalk Empire and portrayed Tommy DeVito in Clint Eastwood’s film adaptation of Jersey Boys. With a background in both drama and independent cinema, he has built a diverse career, bringing depth and
authenticity to his performances.
