VI Biennal of Photography on Industry and Work: Game 12 Exhibitions and 11 Venues in Bologna 18 October – 8 December 2023 www.fotoindustria.it This year’s Biennale Foto/Industria focusses on the game industry in photography. Promoted by the Fondazione MAST, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, 12 exhibitions by international artists are showing various approaches to… (read more)
Public Phones (Series No Place) Katia Miranda 2023 Mixed media on canvas 50 cm x 50 cm Katia Miranda’s collage “Public Phones” is made from assembled photos, pictures and phone books, partly painted on canvas. Almost in the centre, there are the three title-giving public phones. They are on a skin-coloured painted background, surrounded by… (read more)
In a first part we presented four exhibitions in Bologna, which were inaugurated shortly before or on the day of the contemporary (Giornata del Contemporaneo) on Saturday 7th October. Subsequently, we will introduce you to four further shows, all opened for this special occasion. They will all be visible for the next weeks, two of… (read more)
On Saturday 7th October was the 19th Day of the Contemporary (Giornata del Contemporaneo) in Italy. Promoted by the AMACI (Association of Italian Museums of Contemporary Art), this countrywide yearly event invites not only museums, but also foundations, public institutions, private galleries, artist spaces and studios to show the vitality of contemporary art. We visited… (read more)
Fans Antonella Sacconi 2014 Pigment inkjet printing (Giclée) on Canson Baryta paper 40 cm x 60 cm Edition 1/30 Antonella Sacconi’s black and white photo “Fans” shows a fan-shaped arrangement of panels, widening towards the top. Hence, the title. In grey tones, with black shades the boards ascend from the left bottom to the right… (read more)
Summer is over and the new exhibition season has started. In a first tour, we visited five exhibitions, four in Bologna and one in Florence. Galleria B4: Tamas Podraczky, Giovanni Buffa – Sulla ruota del tempo Gallleriapiù: Felicity Hammond – Deposits C2: L’orMa – Opere Esplosive! CAR DRDE: Alessandro Roma – Il tutto per… (read more)
Ars Curandi, Beaune (The Art of Caring, Beaune) Elena Franco 2020 Giclée print on Canson Platine Fiber Rag paper 60 cm x 90 cm Edition of 3 With Elena Franco’s photography, “Ars Curandi, Beaune” (The Art of Caring, Beaune), we are looking from a dark room through an open two wing leadlight casement window with… (read more)
Exceptionally, this year we had only five Artworks of the Month before the summer break. Still, we would like to remind them and thank the artists for their support. In January, we started with the photo “Il Santo che brucia” (The Burning Saint) by Alessia Rollo from her series “Parallel Eyes”,… (read more)
Fiume dell’Amazzonia (River of the Amazon) Marina Paris 2019 Collage 42 cm x 32 cm ph: Giorgio Benni The collage “Fiume dell’Amazzonia” (River of the Amazon), from the series “Urban Fragments” by Marina Paris, shows a neoclassical building in its urban environment. The entrance is a portico with a triangular tympanum and on the rearward… (read more)
Fringe Nature #12/2017, Sri Lanka Jacquie Maria Wessels 2017 Analogue C-Print 120 cm x 120 cm, Edition of 7 70 cm x 70 cm, Edition of 10 The photo “Fringe Nature #12/2017, Sri Lanka” by the Dutch artist Jacquie Maria Wessels allows a glance on ferns in an environment. Between this foreground and a green… (read more)
