United Artists of Italy
dal 20/6/2011 al 3/9/2011
Segnalato da
Claudio Abate
Aurelio Amendola
Gabriele Basilico
Sandro Becchetti
Gianni Berengo Gardin
Elisabetta Catalano
Giorgio Colombo
Mario Cresci
Mario Dondero
Federico Garolla
Luigi Ghirri
Mario Giacomelli
Gianfranco Gorgoni
Mimmo Jodice
Nanda Lanfranco
Uliano Lucas
Attilio Maranzano
Nino Migliori
Ugo Mulas
Paolo Mussat Sartor
Paolo Pellion
Ferdinando Scianna
Massimo Minini
20/6/2011
United Artists of Italy
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London
United Artists of Italy shows 20th-century Italian art in a new light, presenting the artists through the eyes of some of Italy's most celebrated photographers. The exhibition reveals a visual profile of contemporary art and artists not through their artworks but through faces, poses and expressions. Some 85 photographs have been carefully selected from a collection of 250 portraits put together over a period of many years by Brescia-based contemporary art dealer Massimo Minini.
a project by Massimo Minini
United Artists of Italy shows twentieth-century Italian art in a new light, presenting the artists through the eyes of some of Italy's most celebrated photographers. The exhibition reveals a visual profile of contemporary art and artists not through their artworks but through faces, poses and expressions. Some 85 photographs have been carefully selected from a collection of 250 portraits put together over a period of many years by Brescia-based contemporary art dealer Massimo Minini.
Minini's knowledge of the Italian art scene from the 1970s and his personal relationships with many of the artists and photographers have been instrumental in building this remarkable collection of works. His strong personal interest in the subject grew through his contact with the photographers who welcomed and supported the project. His has been an expedition through archives, boxes, films and files which has resulted in a rich anthology of Italian photographers' portraits conceived by Minini as an international exhibition.
United Artists of Italy shows a cross-section of Italian photography spanning more than thirty years, revealing the extraordinary skills of the photographers while at the same time paying homage to the great artists who were their subjects.
Portraits of Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana and Giorgio Morandi line up alongside those of Alighiero Boetti, Francesco Clemente and Mario Merz, giving an individual and often intimate insight into the characters that drove Italian art in the second half of the twentieth century.
Twenty-two photographers active since the 1960s are represented in the collection: Claudio Abate, Aurelio Amendola, Gabriele Basilico, Sandro Becchetti, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Elisabetta Catalano, Giorgio Colombo, Mario Cresci, Mario Dondero, Federico Garolla, Luigi Ghirri, Mario Giacomelli, Gianfranco Gorgoni, Mimmo Jodice, Nanda Lanfranco, Uliano Lucas, Attilio Maranzano, Nino Migliori, Ugo Mulas, Paolo Mussat Sartor, Paolo Pellion and Ferdinando Scianna.
This London showing at the Estorick Collection is the fifth in a European tour, which has included Saint Etienne, Brussels, Milan and Amsterdam. The exhibition is accompanied by a book illustrating all 250 photographs in the Minini collection.
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Image: Federico Garolla, Giorgio Morandi, 1961
Opening 21 June at 6 pm
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