Carmelo Bongiorno 1985 - 2010

A photography exhibition is presented for the first time in the modern exhibition space of the Agnellini Gallery of Modern Art: it is a matter of the first major anthological exhibition of Carmelo Bongiorno, Sicilian author who is appreciated in Italy and abroad.
The exhibition, titled “Carmelo Bongiorno 1985-2010”, on show at Agnellini from 8 June to 25 September, will be held within the context of the important International Photography Biennial which is organized for the fourth time in Brescia under the aegis of the Committee for Culture and Tourism of the Municipality of Brescia.
The exhibition, curated by Dominique Stella, features about sixty photographic works, including vintage works (printed in darkroom by the artist from 1985 to 1993) and large-format works (from 100x100 to 110x150 cm) chosen by the artist among his early works in black and white from the Eighties, and the latest photographs and the completely new images which are part of his last artistic research, Forbidden Colors, linked to color and to the natural evolution of his contemporary languages.
The most important works comprise the “trilogy” composed of the volumes: The Intimate Island (published in 1997), Flashes (2001) and Voices (2010). The three books cover a period of 25 years of photographs, realized from 1985 to 2010, and include some of the greatest achievements of his poetic production, which we may define the heart of this anthological exhibition of Carmelo Bongiorno.