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Contemporary Italian Photography: In Search of a New Realism, by Dr. Giovanni Aloi

Contemporary Italian Photography: In Search of a New Realism, by Dr. Giovanni Aloi

Thursday, May 13 at 6pm (Central Time)

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From their first appearance in 1839, photographic images have radically changed the way we live and think. Though it did not appear clear from the very beginning, photography is more than a tool for capturing the world in painstaking detail. Through photographs, we simultaneously construct who we are and understand where we have been. As such, much more than painting, photography deeply shapes our lives and thinking — it impacts our expectations, desires, and fears.

This series of six lectures and dialogues maps crucial moments in the history of Italian photography. We will consider the initial responses to the medium, how photography impacted the emergence of Italian national identity, and the rise of political propaganda. And we’ll explore the recent reconfigurations of Italian landscapes in contemporary art photography as part of a complex and ongoing identity quest — a critical approach with a focus on ethical, political, and environmental issues that has placed Italy at the forefront of international photographic debates.

#4 Contemporary Italian Photography: In Search of a New Realism

Starting with the Neorealist movement, this lecture focuses on the emergence of photography as a true form of art during the second half of the last century. From Oliviero Toscani’s controversial campaigns for United Colors of Benetton to Luigi Ghirri’s reconfiguration of the natural landscape as memory and experience, many contemporary Italian photographers have rejected the stereotyping images of a romanticized Italy that flood the global imagination.
It is in this context that, among others, contemporary Italian photographers like Massimo Vitali, Paola di Bello, Silvia Camporesi, and Vittore Fossati conduct intimate and innovative investigations of fragmented social realities and environmental landscapes that make up an ever-changing Italy.

Giovanni Aloi is an art historian in modern and contemporary art. He currently teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sotheby’s Institute of Art New York and London, and Tate Galleries. He regularly lectures on modern and contemporary art at the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has been translated in Italian, Chinese, French, Russian, Polish, and Spanish.

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  • Organizzato da: Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago