Luigi Ghirri - Still life - 2005

Luigi Ghirri. Still Life. Curated by Paola Ghirri. Catalog of the exhibition held in Bologna at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, January-March 2005. Milan, Baldini Castoldi Dalai Editore, 2005. First edition. Size 24x27 cm. Paperback, 159 pages numbered. Color photographic reproductions. In perfect condition. An exhibition, a catalog of refined beauty, a cultural journey. Works of precious intelligence in their autonomy. But also a clear investigation into the meaning of photography, which here is a constructive capacity, a vision refined with intelligence. Layers of perspectives... What is known, seen, understood becomes revelation, a surprising discovery. Fragments of frames, materials revealing the play of overlaps, collections of cards, drawings, everyday objects that, within new boundaries, become absolute memory, of clear, heartfelt closeness. Frames, limits, signs of separation: but even within a frame, intervention continues. It is the gesture of the man, of the photographer, creating unexpected transparencies, dark shadows, ironic presences(...) Turned-over paintings, their material—wood, canvas, nails, nearby frames, broken visions: an alienating need is perceived, the desire to subtract calm from the already known, an invitation to re-view. As with old photos in various compositions. Collections of images evoking that need for cataloging which, pure madness, immediately reveals its impossibility. And everything inevitably shows disconnections, disorder, almost like a map of the mind composed of elements from different origins. Yet, it then finds its own truth, precisely in the pleasure of the artistic work, in representation, as long, moving echoes arrive of that feeling of affectionate melancholy towards the world of nearby things that seems to expand when visiting the exhibition, flipping through the catalog. (See the press review of the Valeria Ottolenghi exhibition). In excellent condition.