Exhibition BLACK&BLUE//ARCHITECTURAL PHOTO VISIONS

A photographic exhibition curated by Laura Ginapri

La Piscina, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venezia
August 26 – October 3, 2010
Open every day: 10 a.m – 6 p.m
Free admission

BLACK&BLUE marks the third stage in the figurative path taken by photographer GIANNI GALASSI in 2007 with the exhibition Extralight, held in Rome at the Palazzo Venezia National Museum, and carried on in 2009, still in Rome, with the exhibition Square at the Luxardo gallery.

Galassi’s images are focused around the relationship between light and shadow on the surfaces of urban and industrial buildings. Which leads to a set of architectural visions geometrically combined within the frame, emphasizing a whole of elements which transcend the original function of the portrayed artifact, and giving rise to unintentional aesthetic values. The color palette is mostly confined to light grey, ochre/amber, blue and black.

The exhibition title is inspired by the wide black colour-fields created by the shadows – the true subject of the showcased photographs- and by the cut-outs of sky, in a highly saturated blue, marking the compositional voids. The square format sets a distance from the typical rectangular or panoramic frame of movies and TV. A symbol of geometrical purity, the square suggests a formal reading of the image, which is freed from any narrative intention.

The exhibition, curated by Laura Ginapri, will take place in the recently renovated La Piscina space, on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. It features 68 colour photographs in the 180×180 cm (70×70 inch), 120×120 cm (47×47 inch) and 60×60 cm (23×23 inch) sizes, along with 3 site specific installations.
All photographs are printed by the author on fine-art Epson paper, with Epson technology and pigment inks.
A full catalog of the exhibition will be published.

The event will be held concurrently with the 12th Venice Biennale of Architecture, and will be open to the public from August 26 to October 3 2010, every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Gianni Galassi was born in Milan in 1954 and made his debut at 16 as a still-life photographer. In 1979 cinema, his second passion, lead him to work in the film industry in Rome. He is currently engaged in film and TV post-production, and has never stopped taking photographs. Galassi has exhibited in Rome at the Luxardo gallery in 2009, at the Photography Festival and at the Palazzo Venezia National Museum in 2007, and earlier in Milan, Viterbo and Athens.

The BLACK&BLUE project is realized with the participation of the Giorgio Cini Foundation onlus.

Contacts and press material:
Laura Ginapri:
lauraginapri@gmail.com
+39.3285477392
box@giannigalassi.com

Useful links:
www.giannigalassi.com