Pablo Echaurren papers

The collection consists of artwork, notebooks, writings, correspondence, clippings, magazines, photographs, posters, books, and audiovisual and computer media by or related to Italian artist Pablo Echaurren. The bulk of materials document Echaurren's participation in the Movimento del '77 and include over 200 original black and white or color drawings by Echaurren for the radical leftist paper Lotta continua; copies of zines he published and original offset plates for OASK?!; and photographs of Echaurren and Claudia Salaris at the National Conference against Repression by Tano D'Amico. The collection also contains papers concerning Echaurren's involvement with the Indiani Metropolitani and the group's occupation of an apartment building in Rome, known as Casa del Desiderio, from May to December 1977. Included are writings, notes, and artwork documenting daily life and activities at Casa del Desiderio, which also functioned as an editorial office for OASK?! Later materials include letters and writings by individuals who were involved in the Movimento del '77 or contributed to OASK?!, such as Antonio Negri, Maurizio Gabbiannelli, Fiamma Lolli, Massimo Pasquini, Adriano Sofri, and Olivier Torquet. The collection additionally contains artwork and printed material related to "Metroposter," a joint project of Echaurren and Renato Curcio to create posters for the Rome metro. Included are original drawings by Echaurren and signed posters, and copies of the Italian magazine Frigidaire, which published Metroposters as inserts in multiple issues from 1993 to 1995.