Milan: Abstract Projections
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Author: Paolo Ventura
Paolo Ventura uses hybrid processes to create works on the borderline between photography and painting. In this book, a homage to his hometown, he draws inspiration from 20th century Italian history and neo-realist cinema, and using different media (photography, painting, collage) composes a visual history of Milan's architecture. Through these portraits, the author offers us a new perspective on an iconic city, transforming it into a visual metaphor for its creativity and enduring appeal.His artistic process begins with a photograph printed on several panels. Ventura uses painting to omit and highlight images, creating bare, surreal urban landscapes devoid of people, evoking wonder and nostalgia. For me, Milan is a city drawn in the sky by hundreds of cables and wires that cross each other, run parallel, following and turning. Besides creating an abstract projection of the city, these cables hold the buildings together, like motionless marionettes. A big pair of scissors could cut one of those cables, and everything would collapse. Milan occupies all the upper zones, and on the horizon every space is filled up. There are no gaps where you can imagine something else. Paolo Ventura
ISBN 9791254931240. Edizioni Corraini. hb. 160 pages. 24.5 x 32 cm.
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Paolo Ventura uses hybrid processes to create works on the borderline between photography and painting. In this book, a homage to his hometown, he draws inspiration from 20th century Italian history and neo-realist cinema, and using different media (photography, painting, collage) composes a visual history of Milan's architecture. Through these portraits, the author offers us a new perspective on an iconic city, transforming it into a visual metaphor for its creativity and enduring appeal.His artistic process begins with a photograph printed on several panels. Ventura uses painting to omit and highlight images, creating bare, surreal urban landscapes devoid of people, evoking wonder and nostalgia. For me, Milan is a city drawn in the sky by hundreds of cables and wires that cross each other, run parallel, following and turning. Besides creating an abstract projection of the city, these cables hold the buildings together, like motionless marionettes. A big pair of scissors could cut one of those cables, and everything would collapse. Milan occupies all the upper zones, and on the horizon every space is filled up. There are no gaps where you can imagine something else. Paolo Ventura
ISBN 9791254931240. Edizioni Corraini. hb. 160 pages. 24.5 x 32 cm.
available