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New York : The Good Earth, group exhibition

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With upbringings rooted in traditional values, the photographers of postwar Italy considered the landscape to be an integral part of their lives and photographic practice. For these photographers, the Italian landscape served as a symbol for life, religion, and their reverence for their homeland. Ranging from the representational to the abstract, their depictions of their surroundings share an inclination towards experimentation with composition, contrast, and repetition.

The Good Earth features vintage photographs created by seventeen image-makers from towns and cities on the North and Adriatic Coasts of Italy: Valentino Bassanini, Gianni Berengo-Gardin, Ulisse Bezzi, Augusto Cantamessa, Tino Carretto, Romeo Casadei, Arturo Crescini, Ferruccio Ferroni, Eros Fiammetti, Guiseppe Goffis, Carlo Monari, Enzo Passaretti, Santo Piano, Ezio Quiresi, Pietro Todo, Piero Vistali, and Umberto Vittori.

These photographers shared a familiarity with and affection towards their subject matter. Their deep understanding of their surroundings allowed them to capture the landscape from the best positions at the ideal time of day to create stunning images. These photographs highlight the patterns, textures, and natural light that make the Italian landscape unique. When the human figure appears in the photographs, their relationship with the land is key. They admire the ocean, walk the dirt paths, or harvest food.

The cornerstone artist of the exhibition, Mario Giacomelli (1925-2000) sought out and even sometimes created abstract qualities in the Italian landscape. Shying away from more traditional and representational views of the land, Giacomelli’s photographs transform the familiar into the foreign through distance, pattern, and stark contrast. With formal training as a typesetter, Giacomelli’s graphic compositions come as no surprise.

EXHIBITION
The Good Earth (La Buona Terra)
Postwar Italian Landscape Photography By Mario Giacomelli & His Contemporaries
From March 24th to May 7th, 2016
Keith de Lellis Gallery
1045 Madison Avenue # 3 (between 79th & 80th St.)
New York NY 10075
United States
T 212.327.1482
http://www.keithdelellisgallery.com

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