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Paesaggi d’aria

On view at Fondazione Querini Stampalia a reflection over the work of two innovators of photography and architecture – Luigi Ghirri and the duo Yona Friedman / Jean-Baptiste Decavèl.

Luigi Ghirri, <i>San Pietro in Vincoli</i>, villa Jole, 1986, 42,5x51 cm. Fondo Ghirri, Fondazione Querini Stampalia

The interaction between photographer Luigi Ghirri and Friedman/Decavèle duo occurs in a common context of many art studies after the Second World War: the need is to demolish a perception of works and places structured by means of frames, showcases, pedestals and architectures, and to subvert the distinction between the object and its containers, the building and the environment.

Luigi Ghirri, <i>Solara - Nei pressi del Secchia</i>, 40,5x51 cm. Fondo Ghirri, Fondazione Querini Stampalia — **Top**: Luigi Ghirri, *San Pietro in Vincoli*, villa Jole, 1986, 42,5x51 cm. Fondo Ghirri, Fondazione Querini Stampalia. **Above**: Luigi Ghirri, *Solara - Nei pressi del Secchia*, 40,5x51 cm. Fondo Ghirri, Fondazione Querini Stampalia

According to this interpretation, “Paesaggi d’aria” suggests thinking over the work of the two most original innovators of photography and architecture. The Italian landscape is in the middle of this debate, a field where both authors build their point of view, each one in his own way, going beyond that tourist convention stuck into the established idea of heritage and museum, that photography and architecture can subvert.

Hence the idea of comparing Luigi Ghirri’s shots to the aerial and free landscape museum, conceived inside Livio Felluga’s vineyards by the visionary genius of Friedman/ Decavèle duo, through the documentary made by the photojournalist and documentary filmmaker Luigi Vitale, who tells the reason of the Vigne Museum birth and its building phases.

Yona Friedman & Jean-Baptiste Decavèle with D/A/C (Denominazione Artistica Condivisa), Vigne Museum, for Livio Felluga, Rosazzo. Photo © Luigi Vitale

Yona Friedman & Jean-Baptiste Decavèle with D/A/C (Denominazione Artistica Condivisa), Vigne Museum, for Livio Felluga, Rosazzo

Yona Friedman & Jean-Baptiste Decavèle with D/A/C (Denominazione Artistica Condivisa), Vigne Museum, for Livio Felluga, Rosazzo

Luigi Ghirri, Nogara – Bar della stazione, 1989, 36,5x50 cm. Fondo Ghirri, Fondazione Querini Stampalia

Luigi Ghirri, Scardorari (Scardovari) – Strada sull'argine, 1989 – 1990 , 41,5x51 cm. Fondo Ghirri, Fondazione Querini Stampalia

November 21, 2015 – February 21, 2016
Paesaggi d’aria.
Luigi Ghirri e Yona Friedman / Jean-Baptiste Decavèle
curated by Chiara Bertola and Giuliano Sergio
promoted by Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Livio Felluga and RAM radioartemobile
Fondazione Querini Stampalia
Campo Santa Maria Formosa, Castello, Venezia

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Paesaggi d’aria

On view at Fondazione Querini Stampalia a reflection over the work of two innovators of photography and architecture – Luigi Ghirri and the duo Yona Friedman / Jean-Baptiste Decavèl.

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