As a complement to the large exhibition at the Palazzo Reale in Milan, Paolo Roversi’s exhibition “Incontri” at the Fondazione Sozzani highlights the strictly painterly structure of his photographs. Beyond any specific model or subject, Roversi’s artistry lives in composition and geometry. He possesses an abstract approach to reality. Since the early 80s, his photographs have met the demands of a constant formal rigor which lends them an astonishingly timeless character, in contradiction to the tastes and customs of fashion. His familiarity with the history of art, and with Italian painting in particular, allows him to make photographs in the manner of a painter. He often works in series on a single theme or model, as if he sought to capture every last one of its formal possibilities.
As a complement to the large exhibition at the Palazzo Reale in Milan, Paolo Roversi’s exhibition “Incontri” at the Fondazione Sozzani highlights the strictly painterly structure of his photographs. Beyond any specific model or subject, Roversi’s artistry lives in composition and geometry. He possesses an abstract approach to reality. Since the early 80s, his photographs have met the demands of a constant formal rigor which lends them an astonishingly timeless character, in contradiction to the tastes and customs of fashion. His familiarity with the history of art, and with Italian painting in particular, allows him to make photographs in the manner of a painter. He often works in series on a single theme or model, as if he sought to capture every last one of its formal possibilities.