The Italian Cultural Institute of Marseille will open on 11th May the photography exhibition ‘Italia intima. Un viaggio per immagini tra passato e presente’ (Initimate Italy: A Journey Through Images of the Past and the Present) produced by the Archivio Fotografico Italiano of Castellanza directed by Claudio Argentiero.
The exhibition, which offers a journey through images of the past and the present, includes photographs by Elio Ciol, Guido Giannini, Mario Vidor, Luciano Montemurro, Augusto Viggiano, Marianne Sin-Pfältzer, Giuseppe Leone, Mario Giacomelli, Pietro Donzelli and Claudio Argentiero.
Claudio Argentiero has been involved in photography for thirty years. He has always been interested in documenting the country and the changes that have taken place over time, linked to the decline of manufacturing industry and the transformation of the landscape. Since 1988 he has been curating and organizing major exhibitions and photographic events, actively collaborating with state and private organisations in Italy and abroad.
With the help of specialized and competent collaborators he designs archives with the aim of collecting photographs of the past and present, to be disseminated and preserved for the sake of collective memory.
He is the creator and curator of the European Photographic Festival, which is now in its 8th edition, and of annual exhibitions aimed at promoting emerging photographers, discovering forgotten archives and educational activities for schools. His primary objective has always been to establish cultural relations with other countries, with the aim of introducing artists from other cultures, deepening their expressive language and disseminating the work of Italian artists worldwide.
He has exhibited in Italy and abroad and his photographs are part of private, Italian and foreign public collections.
More information at: iicmarsiglia.esteri.it.