U.S. opening of the traveling exhibition of photographs by MARIO GIACOMELLI (1925 – 2000)
THE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA, LOS ANGELES
OPENING: THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2007 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
WHO: Mario Giacomelli is known to be the greatest Italian photographer of the 20th century. His work reflects upon the human condition, bringing to the spectator that universal feeling of what life is about. Giacomelli hand- printed all his photos, mostly using black and white to stress the contrast between a figure and the background, thus revealing the abstraction of forms. In 1955 Giacomelli began to explore the theme of rural life in La buona Terra (“The Good Earth”, 1955068), a voyage which took him back to the places of his childhood, immortalizing peasant families during their seasonal work in the fields. Perhaps the most celebrated of the series, Scanno (1957-59) is portraying a traditional ancestral world where time seems to have stood still. Many of Giacomelli’s photos are part of New York MOMA permanent collection. In the sixties the artist worked on the project: Io non ho mani che mi accarezzino il volto (“I have no hands caressing my face”), better known as the Pretini series, shown at New York ’s Metropolitan Museum .
WHAT: U.S. opening of the traveling exhibition of 60 photographs by Mario Giacomelli.
WHEN: OPENING: THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2007 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
CLOSING: TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2007
