Born in the middle of the 19th Century, photography became in the course of the 20th Century not only one of the chief disciplines in the field of the visual arts but also a constant presence in every aspect of the civilization of the so called “age of the image”, bearing witness to its cultural transformations. It first established itself as an obligatory source of information, and thereafter progressively turned to more profound investigation of the ultimate meaning of the changes that were taking place and –with an awareness and concreteness all of its own– rightly became an artistic medium in the full sense of the word.
Photo20esimo recounts the enthralling evolution of the photographic language with a selection of more than 300 works by masters such as Robert Capa, Robert Doisneau, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Mario Giacomelli, Nan Goldin, Mimmo Jodice, André Kertész, László Moholy-Nagy, Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe, Irving Penn, Man Ray, Bettina Rheims, Alexander Rodchenko, Thomas Ruff, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston and many others.
László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) Senza titolo [Fotogramma]1943 Fotogramma, stampa alla gelatina sali d’argento 199 x 254 mm © L. Moholy-Nagy Foundation |
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The exhibition constitutes an homage to role that photography has played, and is still playing, as a witness to history and a fundamental creative instrument: photography is an artistic language that manages to be a sincere and faithful reminder of our past as well as a vivid and illusory interpreter of the creativity of the artists.
The exhibition display, articulated in eight sections dedicated to the most important photographic genres, constitutes a fascinating journey through an art that has been a protagonist of the 20th Century: from experimentations by Bauhaus’artists to war reportages by Robert Capa and Don McCullin, from portraits by Richard Avedon and Nan Goldin to landscapes by Andreas Feininger and Mimmo Jodice, from body-centered photography by Bill Brandt and Robert Mapplethorpe to still life shots by Albert Renger-Patzsch and Edward Weston.
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Thomas Ruff (1958) Substrat 9 II 2002 Stampa a getto di inchiostro 514 x 410 mm © Prolitteris
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Further information
Photo20esimo Maestri della Fotografia del XXmo secolo
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