Claudio Montecucco - Avventura

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

Print on Fine Art baritated paper Hahnemuhle 320 g. Mounted on a 3.5 cm museum passepartout.
Paper size 21x29.7 cm
Image size 26x19 cm.

Artist biography

Collaborates with Galleria Artd2 Milan
Galleria Blanchaert Milan

Series "Reading" (photographs not posed)
Cities declined as immense open-air reading rooms.
The depicted characters are casually captured, not posed.

begun in 2003 and still ongoing), in which cities are declined as immense reading rooms
whose boundaries, embracing stairs, low walls, alleys and monuments, easily become refuges
in which to surrender to one's preferred authors. Montecucco manages to bring forth
that gentle and malleable atmosphere ready to welcome and care for 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 succeeded in giving an additional meaning
to his works, which have been strengthened by the concept of reading, and thus of culture.
Photography with its casual readers is the protagonist of the architectures and the magnificent works
of art scattered through our cities of art; it merges with them, creating an intimate and silent dialogue
between man, art and thought.
The depicted characters are casually captured while absorbed in reading, often with their backs turned and constantly unaware of being part of an artwork.

Claudio Montecucco tells of his project by using the words of Robert Doisneau:
"What I was trying to show was a world where I would feel good, where people would be kind, where I would find the tenderness I hoped to receive. My photos were like evidence 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 January 10–12, 2025 “Reading”

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

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

2023 ArtVerona (Galleria Artd2 Milan) Verona October 12–15

2023 Signorelli Theatre Cortona (Arezzo) October 14 – November 2 “Reading”

2023 BAF Bergamo ArtFair (Galleria Artd2 Milan)

2022 Chianciano Biennale Chianciano Art Museum of Art in Chianciano

2021 Bourbon del Monte Monte Santa Maria Tiberina Museum Palace (“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 Art Fair Hong Kong (GalleriaArtd2)

2019 MIA ArtFair - Milan (Galleria Blanchaert) Sensualità

2019 Turin Book Fair (“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 ("Intimacy")

2017 “MIAFair Milan” 2 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 way" (PaolaSosioGallery)

2016 "MIA Fair 2016". Milan (Galleria Romberg) ("Sensualità #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 Milan" 2 10–13 April 2015 Galleria Blanchaert (Infinity)

2014 MIA&DFair - MarinaBaySands – Singapore (GalleriaBlanchaert)

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

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