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MARIO GIACOMELLI L'INFINITO

In his poem L’infinito, Giacomo Leopardi describes the experience of limitation as a starting point for imagining the infinite. The exhibition of the same name is dedicated to the photographs of Mario Giacomelli, one of the most internationally significant Italian photographers of the postwar period, whose work is considered conceptually pioneering.

Giacomelli developed a distinctive visual language marked by graphic abstraction. His works are almost exclusively created in series and combine elements of reportage with lyrical subjectivity. In particular, his abstract landscapes transform real topographies into stark black-and-white contrasts, rhythmic lines, and symbolic surfaces. The dialogue between photography and literature plays a central role: literary references are evident, for example, in the series L’infinito, yet they remain embedded in a comprehensive artistic understanding of photography.