Moscow’s Multimedia Art Museum (MAMM) will host the exhibition of Mario Giacomelli’s photography entitled “Mario Giacomelli. La poetica del paesaggio” [“Mario Giacomelli. The poetry of landscapes”], curated by Carlo Emanuele Bugatti, on 16 September. The launching ceremony will take place on Thursday 14 September and will be attended by Maurizio Mangialardi, Mayor of the the city of Senigallia, Katiuscia Biondi Giacomelli, head of the Mario Giacomelli Archives of Sassoferrato, and Olga Strada, director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Moscow. In cooperation with the Italian Cultural Institute in Moscow, the Moscow Administration, the Cultural Department of the the City of Moscow, the Minicipality of Senigallia, the Musinf (Museum of Contemporary Art) and the Mario Giacomelli Archives in Senigallia and Sassoferrato, and supported by UniCredit Bank, MAMM will feature a selection of over 120 original photographs of the famous Italian photographer (1925-2000) of international renown since the 1960s. His works may be found in the major collections of museums across the world and his photographs are part of the permanent exhibits at New York’s MOMA.
Mario Giacomelli was born in Senigallia (Italy) in 1925. He received an award at the prestigious competition of Castelfranco Veneto in 1955, which paved the way to his future success. Paolo Monti, a member of the jury panel, dubbed Giacomelli as ‘the new man in photography’. From that moment on, his works were published in Italian photography periodicals such as ‘Ferrania’ and ‘Rivista fotografica italiana’. “I am not very interested in documenting what is happening but rather stepping inside what is happening,” said Giacomelli. “I believe in Abstract Art. Abstraction for me is a means of getting closer to reality. The blurred and unsteady visions, the grain, the off-white, the pitch black are all like explosions of the mind, which set a time to images so that they can be harmoniously spiritualised with matter and with reality in order to document the inner world and the drama of life.” A successful career and fame did not change Mario Giacomelli, who remained loyal to his homeland, living next to the figures of his photo stories. By narrating their stories, Giacomelli disclosed his own: ” Every image is my own portrait. It’s as if I had taken a picture of myself”.