On the occasion of SEEDS – Semi di Cura Culturae Comunità Fondazione Sozzani presents Between Art and Nature: Photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani. The exhibition, curated by Maddalena Scarzella, presents a selection of photographs from the permanent collection of Fondazione Sozzani.
The curator has identified twenty photographers within the collection whose works offer a broad overview of the way in which photography has portrayed Nature and the way in which Nature has inspired the most diverse photographic works. Starting from the iconic silhouettes of plants by Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932), the exhibition moves through well- known and lesser-known names and works such as the x-ray photographs of flowers taken by Dr. Darin L. Tasker (1872-1964), juxtaposed with milestones of the genre such as the impeccable still-life by Kenro Izu (1949) and Tom Baril (1952). From the idyllic worlds of Annelies Štrba (1947) we move on to the meticulous ethnographic documentation of Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) up to the landscapes suspended in time of Sarah Moon (1941) to then arrive at Masahisa Fukase’s (1934-2012) photographs of flocks of crows as an allegory of pain and studies on clouds as a metaphor for life by Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946).
“Carla Sozzani’s collection is inextricably linked to her more than 40-year career as a journalist and gallery owner, anticipator of tastes and eclectic collector,” says Maddalena Scarzella. “This selection of works related to Nature opens for Fondazione Sozzani a new way of looking at her works, while remaining faithful to that vision of the world, the feminine and beauty that has always guided our activities and acquisitions.”
on show
Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th of May
from 11AM to 8PM
On the occasion of SEEDS – Semi di Cura Cultura e Comunità Fondazione Sozzani presents Between Art and Nature: Photographs from the collection of Carla Sozzani. The exhibition, curated by Maddalena Scarzella, presents a selection of photographs from the permanent collection of Fondazione Sozzani.
The curator has identified twenty photographers within the collection whose works offer a broad overview of the way in which photography has portrayed Nature and the way in which Nature has inspired the most diverse photographic works. Starting from the iconic silhouettes of plants by Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1932), the exhibition moves through well- known and lesser-known names and works such as the x-ray photographs of flowers taken by Dr. Darin L. Tasker (1872-1964), juxtaposed with milestones of the genre such as the impeccable still-life by Kenro Izu (1949) and Tom Baril (1952). From the idyllic worlds of Annelies Štrba (1947) we move on to the meticulous ethnographic documentation of Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868-1952) up to the landscapes suspended in time of Sarah Moon (1941) to then arrive at Masahisa Fukase’s (1934-2012) photographs of flocks of crows as an allegory of pain and studies on clouds as a metaphor for life by Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946).
“Carla Sozzani’s collection is inextricably linked to her more than 40-year career as a journalist and gallery owner, anticipator of tastes and eclectic collector,” says Maddalena Scarzella. “This selection of works related to Nature opens for Fondazione Sozzani a new way of looking at her works, while remaining faithful to that vision of the world, the feminine and beauty that has always guided our activities and acquisitions.”
on show
Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th of May
from 11AM to 8PM