A Curious and Unconventional Exploration of Reality, Fiction, Memory and Percepion.
At the end of the visit, the invitation is to retrace the exhibition’s itinerary, even in reverse, following what Ghirri called the “strani grovigli del vedere” (strange tangles of seeing).
Luigi Ghirri was born in Scandiano in 1943 and passed away in Reggio Emilia in 1992. He began his work in 1970, rooted in an approach developed within conceptual art, and his research quickly earned him international recognition. In 1975, he was listed among the "Discoveries" of the Photography Year by Time-Life and participated in the Photography as Art exhibition in Kassel. In 1982, he was invited to "Photokina" in Cologne, where, in the exhibition "Photographie 1922-1982", he was presented as one of the twenty most significant photographers of the 20th century. By the late 1970s, alongside his increasingly frequent exhibitions, he began promoting cultural initiatives, including editorial projects through the publishing house Punto e Virgola, which he founded with Paola Borgonzoni and Giovanni Chiaramonte (1978-1980). He also organized exhibitions such as "Iconicittà" (1980), "Viaggio in Italia" (1984), and "Esplorazioni sulla Via Emilia" (1986), which placed him at the center of a lively debate. During the 1980s, he worked on public and private commissions, focusing on interpreting Italian architecture and landscape, including projects by important architects. In 1985, Aldo Rossi invited him to work for the architecture section of the Venice Biennale, and in 1988, he curated the photography section of the Milan Triennale. His deep reflection on the theme of landscape culminated in the late 1980s with the publication of the volumes "Paesaggio italiano" and "Il profilo delle nuvole", both in 1989.
At MASI Lugano until 26 January 2025.
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