Massimo Vitali
dal 7/11/2006 al 6/12/2006
Segnalato da
7/11/2006
Massimo Vitali
Hilger Contemporary, Wien
He creates detailed event photos that manifest the influence of his long career as a photographic journalist. His interest focuses on social activity in locations of leisure and consumerism, showing reality without any enhancement through touching-up or revision techniques.
Solo show
Massimo Vitali’s artistic interest focuses on social activity in locations of
leisure and consumerism. He stays for quite a while on a platform 4 to 5 metres high
before shooting, so the people being photographed appear unaware of the presence of
the camera. His photos hover on the brink of voyeurism, showing reality without any
enhancement through touching-up or revision techniques. The viewer is confronted in
a simple and direct idiom with crowded beaches, heaving discos, shopping centres,
leisure parks and supermarkets on huge works of photography. Vitali creates
inimitable, detailed event photos that on the one hand manifest the influence of his
long years of work as a photographic journalist and on the other, in accord with his
education as an artist, deliberately allude to historical painting.
Opening november, 8 2006
Ernst Hilger Gallery
Dorotheergasse, 5 - Wien