From 24th June to 27th August 2023 Mohd. Ca., the new cultural center of Brescia, organizes the exhibition of Maurice Galimberti The Italian author is one of the most famous and well-known authors in the Italian and international artistic scene.
Exhibition presents photographic series titled Fully moments of historywhich traces the events of the 20th century through epochal events such as the war in Vietnam, the attack on the Twin Towers, the COVID-19 pandemic and its heroes such as John Paul II, Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa of Calcutta and others. : Forty large-format works composed of assemblages of snapshots that reproduce the most iconic images of recent decades, through which the artist reinterprets the collective memory.
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In his works, Galimberti selects photographs taken by other authors, takes them several times from different perspectives, breaks them up and reassembles them “in a mosaic”, thus reiterating their symbolic value, such as underline their strength and suggestive power, which “is worth more than a thousand words”.
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Corsini, artistic curator of the Brescia Photo Festival, Being instantly recognizable is an ability of no small importance. Maurizio Galimberti succeeds: “It’s a Galimberti” is the constant that accompanies the comments of those who visit and see one of his works even before the author has read them. have a style
Precisely how it identifies you in the midst of a production that has now become bulimic is a sign of creative maturity and cultivated ability to uncover all the elements that make up one’s photography. ,
,ProjectMaurizio Galimberti recalls, Paolo Ludovici, who created the entire work and put all the works on display, with whom I share a sincere friendship and a design intricacy that is capable of renewing itself every day,
Maurizio Galimberti (Como, 1956) has been active on the international art scene for more than thirty years; He is known worldwide, as well as for the poetic characterization of his projects, for his portraits of stars such as Lady Gaga, Robert De Niro, Johnny Depp and Umberto Eco, and for producing publications and exhibitions. site specific on New York, Paris, Milan, Rome and Venice. He was the worldwide testimonial of Polaroid International and is today regarded by critics as one of the most instant artist Especially not a photographer.
This review is one of the initiatives of the sixth edition of the Brescia Photo Festival, promoted by the Municipality of Brescia and the Brescia Museum Foundation, in collaboration with Ma.Co.f – Center of Italian Photography, with the artistic curatorship of Renato. Corsini; The festival proposes a series of initiatives presented in the most prestigious exhibition venues of the city and which revolve around the theme, in the year 2023, of Bergamo Brescia Italian Capital of Culture. Capital and the areas of action on which the respective program is built; especially, culture as therapywhich reinterprets the tradition of the call to solidarity of the Brescian society; city of natureRedesigning relationships for sustainable coexistence; city of hidden treasuresRethinking the relationship with existing heritage.
edited by Paul Bongiannino
Maurice Galimberti. moments of history
Ma.Co.f, Italian Photography Center, Center for New Cultures | Brescia
24 June – 27 August 2023
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