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Press Release Checklist Luigi Ghirri Come pensare per immagini... "Thinking through images: color photographs from the 1970s October 14- November 24, 1999 The Julie Saul Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of photographs by Luigi Ghirri, our first exhibition of his work. We are also pleased to be the sole representatives of his vintage and estate prints in the United States. Luigi Ghirri (1943-1992) was perhaps the leading artist /photographer in Italy during his brief, prematurely curtailed career. Born in Reggio Emilia and educated in Modena, Ghirri created visually profound images about the nature of representation and seeing. Although he freely acknowledged the influence of American photographers Lee Friedlander, Walker Evans, and William Eggleston as well as Atget, his work possesses a poetic yet witty sensibility that is purely his own. His images derived from maps and popular culture are often reminiscent of Sigmar Pohlke during the â70s. During the first decade he photographed, he pursued his own personal work, and later in the 1980s, he also became the major chronicler of the landscape and architecture of central Italy where he spent his life. He is known particularly for his collaborations with Aldo Rossi. Ghirri exhibited in the U.S. at the Light Gallery in 1980 and more recently at Casa Italia at New York University. Although more than twenty books have been published in Italy and France on Ghirri's work, there are no monographs published in English. Our show will include mainly work from the 1970s from the series Kodachrome, Dejeuner sur l'herbe, and Atlas. Ghirri worked exclusively in color, and the modern prints in this show are all made on archival paper by the printer he worked with during his lifetime. This exhibition is part of a fall citywide festival of Italian Photography entitled FOCUS ON ITALY 1999 organized by the Friends of Studio Marangoni for further information please call 696-4052 Luigi Ghirri Come pensare per immagini... "Thinking through images: color photographs from the 1970s OCTOBER 14 - NOVEMBER 24, 1999 Unless otherwise indicated all the prints in this exhibition are modern chromogenic prints, made by Arrigo Ghi, with whom Ghirri collobarated in his printmaking throughout his career. The prints are produced under the supervision of Paola Ghirri, and signed and editioned by her. Modern prints are available in limited editions of 7 (unless otherwise indicated), and can be ordered. 1. Capri, La Certosa, 1981 From the series "Topography/Iconography" Edition 4/5 2. Naples, Archaeological Museum, 1980 Edition 3/5 3. Modena, 1970/1995 Edition 3/5 4. Modena, 1979 From the series "Imaginary Geography" 5. Ferrara, 1981 6. Ferrara, 1981 From the series "Topography/Iconography" 7. - 18. "Atlas," 1973/1993 Edition 1/3 19. Modena, "Colazione sul Erba," 1973 20. Modena, "Colazione sul Erba," 1973 21. Capri, 1982 22. Modena, 1970/1995 Edition 1/5 23. Ferrara, 1980/1999 Edition 3/9 24. Modena, 1978 From the series "Still Life" 25. Brest, from "Diaframma II," 1972 26. Modena, "Paesaggi de Cartone," 1973 27. Calvi Corsica, 1976 From the series "Kodachrome" 28. Reggio Emilia, 1972 From the series "Catalogo" 29. Modena, 1972 30. Pisa, 1978 Edition 3/9 31. Rimini, 1977 From the series "Kodachrome" 32. Modena, 1974 From the series "Kodachrome" 33. Modena, 1978 From the series "Still Life" Edition 1/5 34. Salzburg, 1977 From the series "Diaframma" 35. Rimini, 1977 From the series "In Scala" 36. San Giacomo, Valle Aurina, 1979 From the series "Carte Geografiche" 37. Bressanone, 1979 From the series "Geographie Immaginaria" 38. Swiss Alps, 1977 From the series "Topography/Iconography" 39. Dolomites, Brenta, 1982 40. Modena, 1973 From the series "Sul Terra" 41. Modena, 1973 From the series "Sul Terra" 42. Modena, 1973 From the series "Sul Terra" 43. Modena, 1973 From the series "Sul Terra" 44. Rome, 1978 From the series "Sul Terra" 45. Modena, 1973 From the series "Sul Terra" 46. Marina de Ravenna, 1972 47. Modena, 1978 From the series "Still Life" 48. Reggio Emilia, 1973 49. Modena, 1973 (triptych) Many thanks to Paola Ghirri, Martino Marangoni, and Charles H.Traub for all of their help in organizing this exhibition. top For additional information contact the gallery back |
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