Roberto Greco takes a wonder-tinted look at reality that he translates with the help of flamboyant metaphor and oneirism. Often much more complex than what they seem at first glance, his photographs let a great iconographic culture, particularly that of painting, become visible. Roberto Greco is not sparing with humorous details, which are at times even cynical and allow for a distance from stereotypes and artistic references.
The exhibition Bruit Blanc (White Noise) gathers three photographic series: After Still Life, Morbidezza, and Flowers. Through the After Still Life series, Roberto Greco revisits the still life process. The story reveals itself little by little. The echo is perceptible in the ensemble of photographs. The viewers venturing into this universe are helped to form their own interpretation with the most intimate details, sometimes just by following the buzzing of a fly… The photographs from the series Morbidezza are an evocation of the combination of the beauty of nature and its intrinsic cruelty. Deceitfully simple, this “animal herbarium” reveals graphic figures, where the morbid is sublimated and where the action seems frozen on tragic scenarios to be freely interpreted. Finally, Flowers is a series inspired by readings dedicated to Emily Dickinson’s work and the poet’s passion for nature, the vegetal world, in particular, that she collected in her herbarium, and her love for birds. By flirting with the borders of abstraction and the imaginary, the photographed birds leave room for surprising oral evocations.
Marco Costantini
Marco Costantini is an art historian and a curator of independent exhibitions living in Switzerland.
Roberto Greco, Bruit Blanc
From March 16 through April 29, 2017
Galerie Madé
30 rue Mazarine
75006 Paris
France
