Retrospective of one of the most outstanding masters of contemporary art photography in Italy
ROSPHOTO introduces to audience the work of Franco Fontana, one of the most outstanding masters of contemporary art photography in Italy. Fontana's style was shaped in the late 1960s under the influence of Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism. In that his teachers were his older contemporaries—Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, and Ed Reinhardt. Fontana's work with its focus on form and colour was quite different from the classical black-and-white art photography that was predominant at that time.
Franco Fontana's images of rural and urban landscapes are notable for their strict geometric composition and expressive colour. He says, "I try to isolate in space and time all that is normally mixed up with an infinity of details. Extracting a few essential elements from the entirety that presents itself to the human eye is one of my inner requirements".
The retrospective exhibition embraces photographs from the period of 1970-2007, from the author's own collection.
Curator Andrey Martynov
Supported by Ministry for Culture of the Russian Federation, Italian Institute of Culture (Moscow), Italian Institute of Culture (Saint-Petersburg)
Fontana had numerous personal exhibitions and took part in group shows including those held at the European House of Photography (Paris), The National Museum of Fine Arts (Buenos Aires), Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Centre of Photography Scavi Scaligeri (Verona), Palazzo Reale (Milan).
The artist has collaborated with Time, Life, Vogue USA, Vogue France, Il Venerdi Di Repubblica, Sette Del Corriere Della Sera, Panorama, Class, Frankfurten Allgemeine.
He has worked numerously for advertizement campaigns of brands like Fiat, Volkswagen, Sony, Volvo, Canon, Kodak, Snam, Robe Di Kappa.
Fontana’s works are represented in the most famous museums in the world, including The Museum of Modern Art (New York), Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film (Rochester), Ludwig Museum (Cologne), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Museum of Modern Art (Paris), The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow), National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne), Victoria and Albert Museum (London).
In 1994 he received UNESCO award in Arts.
The project, embracing several decades of the history of Italian photographic culture filled with famous names, gives one a clear image of the succession of photographic groups and artistic trends, describes the unique situation of the mutual influence existing between Italian cinema, philosophy, literature, and photography.
Italian style in art that initially emerged in literature and cinema, to spread further to art photography in just several years
Great masters of Italian photography in Alinari Museum collections
Works of two well known Italian photographers, masters of landscape
A solo exhibition by a contemporary Italian photographer
Seaside in different parts of the world: in Naples, Thessaloniki, Chicago, New York, Geneva and Saint Petersburg
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