Claudio Montecucco - Esagono

Numbered and signed print by the artist on the back, artist certification, with stamp description and signature on the back of the mat.

Fine Art matte paper print on Hahnemuhle 320 g/m². Mounted on a museum-grade mat 3.5 cm.
Paper size 21x29.7 cm
Image size 26x15 cm.

Artist biography

Collaborates with Galleria Artd2 Milan
Galleria Blanchaert Milan

Series "Reading" (photographs not posed)

Cities unfolded as immense reading rooms in the open air.
The depicted figures are caught casually, not posed.
begun in 2003 and still ongoing), in which cities are presented as vast reading rooms
in the open air, whose boundaries, embracing stairs, walls, alleys and monuments, easily become refuges
in which to surrender to one's preferred authors. Montecucco manages to evoke
that gentle, malleable atmosphere ready to welcome and nurture the reader, preserving the intimacy of
the sweetest moment from the chaos of the cities.
In the case of the images presented by Montecucco, the artist has managed to give an additional meaning
to his works, which have been enriched by the concept of reading, and therefore of Culture.
The photograph, with its casual readers, is a protagonist of the architectures and the magnificent works
of art scattered through our art cities; it blends with them, creating an intimate and silent dialogue
between man, art, and thought.
The depicted figures are casually caught, while absorbed in reading, often with their backs turned and constantly unaware of being part of a work of art.

Claudio Montecucco tells his project by resorting to the words of Robert Doisneau:
"What I was trying to show was a world where I would feel comfortable, where people would be kind,
where I would find the tenderness I hoped to receive. My photos were like proof that this world can exist."

Recent exhibitions:

2025 Civic Museum of Villa Colloredo Mels in Recanati, March 2 – June 8 “Infinite Readings”

2025 Baf Bergamo ArtFair (Galleria Artd2 Milan) Bergamo Jan 10–12, 2025 “Reading”

2024 BAF Bergamo ArtFair (Galleria Artd2 Milan) "Sensuality"

2023 Cortona Biennale “Homage to Gino Severini” XV edition (Arezzo) Sant’ Agostino Auditorium

2023 ArtVerona (Galleria Artd2 Milan) Verona Oct 12-15

2023 Signorelli Theatre Cortona (Arezzo) Oct 14 – Nov 2 “Reading”

2023 BAF Bergamo ArtFair (Galleria Artd2 Milan)

2022 Chianciano Biennale Chianciano Museum of Art

2021 Bourbon del Monte Monte Santa Maria Tiberina Museum (“Reading”)

2020 LDX Artodrome Gallery Berlin (Reading)

2019 “Fotofever, Carrousel du Louvre”. Paris (Artd2Gallery)

2019 Civic Pinacoteca Museum “F. Podesti” Ancona "Reading"

2019 Civic Pinacoteca Crociani Museum, Montepulciano Siena ("Reading")

2019 Affordable ArtFair Hong Kong (GalleriaArtd2)

2019 MIA ArtFair - Milan (Galleria Blanchaert) Sensuality

2019 Salone del Libro di Torino ("Who Reads") (ArtPhoto)

2019 “Welcome to Japan” (Hysteriart Gallery Milan) (Tokyo)

2017 “Wopart" PhotographyArtFair Lugano (GalleriaBlanchaert)

2017 Brera Academy of Fine Arts Milan (Galleria Jean Blanchaert)

2017 “Sensualità'#2 Bormio 27 December 2016 – 30 March (Paola Sosio Contemporary Art Gallery)

2017 MuSA Museum of Environmental Historical Art, Pesaro ("The Intimacy")

2017 “MIAFair Milan2 9 - 13 March 2017 Galleria Blanchaert ("Infinity")

2017 Kasa dei Libri Milan ("In Search of the Lost Reader")

2017 Cariarte Foundation Perugia ("White")

2016 VOGUE PHOTO FESTIVAL MILAN "On the Move" (PaolaSosioGallery)

2016 "MIA Fair 2016". Milan (Galleria Romberg) ("Sensuality #1)

2016 Environmental Historical Museum, Pesaro ("Reading")

2016 Civic Museum of Contemporary Art Palazzo della Penna, Perugia ("Reading Perugia")

2015“Fotofever, Carrousel du Louvre”. Paris (Galleria Romberg)

2015 "MIA Art Fair Milan2 10 - 13 April 2015 Galleria Blanchaert (Infinity)

2014 MIA&DFair - Marina Bay Sands – Singapore (GalleriaBlanchaert)

2013 Civic Museum of Contemporary Art Palazzo della Penna, Perugia ("Umbrialibri 2013")

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