Sardinia – head of a photographic journey, from Mimmo Jodice to Massimo Vitali – Cagliari – Arte.it

Cagliari – The marine metaphysics linked to the Mediterranean culture of Mimmo Jodice Recovery in Punta Pedrosa (1998) and Molara (1999) marries the poetic errors of Bernard Plossu between Carloforte and La Maddalena (2002).
Ralph Gibson (1986) has ironically revised the theme of nude, while Massimo Vitali, who documents the presence of tourists on beaches such as the Poetto (1995), introduces the viewer in the new century.
Deeply far from the stereotyped vision of place outside the time, a sort of Eden, alternating with the vision cracked by the presence – no less exotic – of the bandits protagonists of the crime news, the authentic Sardinia, immortalized by the objectives of illustrious masters, is told in an exhibition scheduled From 27 June to November 16 at the Man Museum of Art in the Province of Nuoro and the Municipal Gallery of Art in Cagliari.
The Journey by Walter Guadagnini and Giangavino Pazzola with the coordination of Elisabetta Masala is entitled Small islands known on photographic from 1990 to today And brings sixteen projects of international authors and authors together on the theme of the island of the island from the beginning of the new century to today.
The exhibition project leads its reflection not only to the geographical dimension, but also to the cultural and social dimension of the idea of ​​the island. So Jacopo Benassi, Paola De Pietri, Charles Freger, Ralph Gibson, Mimmo Jodice, Salvatore Ligios, Bernard Plossu, Marinella Senator, Giovanna Silva, Massimo Vitali, Lorenzo Vitturi, Vanessa Winship and George Georgeou (in Nuoro), Arianna Arcara, Francois Xavier Gbré, Luca Spano, Karla, Karla Hiraldo Vogaau (in Cagliari) returns a different Sardinia than the representation of the past.
In the past 25 years, an extension of the visual survey has emerged into new ways of action and relationship with the territory and the community. In the past photographed by large authors such as August Sander, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lisetta Carmi, in many cases the island has been interpreted and transferred according to a reporting reading of the territory and the communities that inhabited its internal areas.

Salvatore Ligos, Nurai’s Nurai, Godin The Villasor Factory (2007) thanks to the mouth

Testimonials that have fueled a polarized social imagination between the central state and the suburbs. If the authors present in Nuoro read the temporality in the persistence of the role of the mask in the story of old traditions and rituals, revised by Salvatore Ligios, by Charles Fréger (2010-2011); Or they return practices of interaction and participation between art and communities such as Marinella Senator, in the headquarters of Cagliari we meet four authors united through the relationship between photography and literature.
The exhibition presents works of extraordinary visual quality and offers new visions in well -known places so that various reflections can be opened. A bilingual catalog published by Interlinea accompanies the exhibition.