Sguardi di Novecento: Giacomelli e il suo tempo

Senigallia, Palazzo del Duca
dal 20 Febbraio al 27 Settembre 2020

The exhibition

L’esposizione presentata a Palazzo del Duca a Senigallia, divisa in due sezioni, vedrà le opere di Giacomelli dialogare in maniera inedita con opere dei grandi maestri del Novecento quali Nino Migliori, Paolo Monti, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Brassaï, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Herbert List, Ara Güler, Kikuji Kawada.
Inoltre, una sezione a Palazzetto Baviera, curata dagli Eredi Giacomelli, racconterà attraverso la selezione di opere fotografiche della collezione civica Città di Senigallia le avventure del Gruppo Misa, dove Giacomelli mosse i primi passi.

The catalogue

On the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the death of Mario Giacomelli (Senigallia, 1925-2000), the volume pays tribute to the great photographer of the twentieth century by proposing a selection of works which, in highlighting the originality of his research, at the same time offers an overview of the world of photography in which he worked.
All this, thanks to the comparison with a series of shots by great authors who can be put in dialogue, be it ideal or real, with his work: Nino Migliori, Paolo Monti, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Robert Doisneau, Brassaï, Henri Cartier- Bresson, Kikuji Kawada, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Herbert List, Leo Matiz, Ara Güler.
Although strongly rooted in his territory, Giacomelli immediately managed to overcome geographic boundaries thanks to his experimental art, conquering great international critics such as John Szarkowski, who in '64 included him in the MoMA collection. A curious young man as he was, animated by a strong spirit of research, Giacomelli joined the creation of the photographic circle Misa, born in Senigallia in 1954, which made an important contribution to the theoretical debate held in Italy around the functions and aesthetics of photography, of which documentation is offered in these pages.

Senigallia, Palazzo del Duca | Palazzetto Baviera, February - July 2020