FormlessForm: The Non-objective Phase of Italian Photography 1935-1958 - Softcover

Antonella Russo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8836646204 ISBN 13: 9788836646203

Publisher: Silvana Editoriale, 2020

Synopsis

• The birth and evolution of Italian experimental photography from 1935 to 1958: the progressive dissolution of the image that led to Informalism
• This catalogue presents a selection of about 50 vintage and little-known original prints by 7 outstanding Italian photographers
• Text in English and Italian

Formless\Form offers one of the first in-depth investigations on the birth of Italian experimental photography from the mid 1930s to the mid Fifties of the Twentieth century. This catalogue presents a selection of about 50 vintage and little-known original prints by 7 outstanding Italian photographers belonging to major Italian photo archives and prestigious international art collections, as well as a choice of rare photography books.

The volume includes an annotated chronology of the main exhibition publications and photographic events from the mid Thirties to the end of the Fifties, an essay, as well as biographical notes on the photographers displayed in the exhibition.

Photographers include: Piergiorgio Branzi (1928), Giuseppe Cavalli (1904-1961), Pasquale De Antonis (1908-2001), Franco Grignani (1908-1999), Nino Migliori (1926), Paolo Monti (1908-1982), Luigi Veronesi (1908- 1998). Texts by Antonella Russo, Silvia Paoli.

Text in English and Italian.

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Formless Form offers one of the first in-depth investigations on the formation of the experimental photography phase in Italian photography from the mid 1930s to the mid Fifties of the Twentieth century.
This catalogue presents a selection of about 50 vintage and little-known original prints by 7 outstanding Italian photographers belonging to major Italian photo archives and prestigious international art collections, as well as a choice of rare photography books.
The volume includes an annotated chronology of the main exhibition publications and photographic events from the mid Thirties to the end of the Fifties, an essay, as well as biographical notes on the photographers displayed in the exhibition.

Photographers: Piergiorgio Branzi (1928), Giuseppe Cavalli (1904-1961), Pasquale De Antonis (1908-2001), Franco Grignani (1908-1999), Nino Migliori (1926), Paolo Monti (1908-1982), Luigi Veronesi (1908-1998)

Texts by Antonella Russo, Silvia Paoli

Edition details

• Publisher: Silvana Editoriale
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8836646204
• ISBN 13: 9788836646203
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 104
• Editor: Antonella Russo