Carlo mollino the photographer november 14th – 18th 2007 Vernissage: November 13
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 MUSEO CASA MOLLINO CARLO MOLLINO THE PHOTOGRAPHER November 14th – 18th 2007 Vernissage: November 13th Chambre de Commerce Italienne, Paris 8ème The exhibition, conceived and arranged by Fulvio and Napoleone Ferrari, curators of Museo Casa Mollino in Turin, has been organised in cooperation with the Chambre de Commerce Italienne and the patronage of the UniCredit Group for Paris Photo 2007 that will feature Italy as its guest of honour. On the occasion of Paris Photo 2007, featuring Italy as the guest of honour, Museo Casa Mollino has been invited to present a retrospective exhibition on Carlo Mollino the Photographer. The entire evolution of 40 years of photographic works and techniques employed by Carlo Mollino, who lived in Turin in between 1905-1973, will be presented through a combination of about a hundred unique original photographs. In spite of his considerable production of interior and architectural photographs, photomontages, ski pictures, of his countless female portraits, and of the publication of his “Il Messaggio dalla Camera Oscura”, 1949, one of the most refined books on the history of photography and photo critique, the figure of Carlo Mollino as a photographer is not yet so well known in its complex entirety. Starting off from one of his first emblematic pictures, published on the cover of Domus magazine in 1937, the exhibition will make its way through a number of surrealistic and fairytale-like works, interior photos and black and white female portraits, captured in between the 30s and 40s in a very special location: Casa Miller, a private apartment Mollino purposely conceived as the setting for his photographs. In the 40s, Mollino’s passion for skiing lead him to spend many winter months taking photographs in the Alps. One of his favourite subjects was Leo Gasperl, the elegant Austrian skiing champion. Mollino’s ski pictures were exhibited in photo contests and many of them ended up in his book on ski techniques published in 1950. After the Second World War, Mollino focused his Leica exclusively on nude female portraits, capturing his models in an interior setting designed by him in “Villa Scalero”. All portraits were printed in the standard 10x15 format and often touched up in a masterly way with a pencil or colours, in confirmation of Mollino’s theory that it is legitimate to meddle with pictures in any way since “pure” photography does not exist. As of 1963, Mollino made an exclusive use of Polaroid cameras with which he portrayed countless models in “Villa Zaira” – another interior setting purposely conceived by him. Obviously, all portraits are unique and share the same format, utter tiles of a mosaic of his personal icon of femininity. A refined crude and psychological nature began to emerge from his photographs providing them with an extremely modern touch that makes them still current today. Besides photographs, the exhibition will also present original documents and publications as well as rare books that are no longer on the shelves: «Carlo Mollino. Fiabe per i Grandi 1936-1943» (Fairy tales for grown up, 1936-1943), «Carlo Mollino Photographs 1956-1962», «Carlo Mollino Polaroids». Reprints in English of Mollino’s book on photography of 1949 and copies of “Carlo Mollino. Arabesques”, containing 680 pictures, Mollino’s biography and various reviews on his architectural, aeronautical, automobile, ski and photographic works, will be available to the public.
It houses the largest private archives of both period and contemporary documents relating to every aspect of the architect’s life and activities. Fulvio Ferrari and Napoleone Ferrari are the curators with the Museum promoting study and awareness of Carlo Mollino through publications and international exhibitions. They recently curated a complete Mollino’s retrospective for the Gallery of Modern Art of the city of Turin and for the Castello di Rivoli, Museum of contemporary art, September 2006-January 2007.
134, Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 PARIS Opening hours: November 13th from 4 to 7 P.M.; November 14th - 16th from 10 A.M to 6 P.M.; November 17th – 18th from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Free admission Information : Tel +33 (0)1 53 93 73 77 Press : Fulvio Ferrari, Napoleone Ferrari Tel: +39 011 8129868 Fax: +39 011 8129868 E-mail: casamollino@fastwebnet.it Images available on demand MUSEO CASA MOLLINO VIA NAPIONE 2 - 10124 - TORINO - I +39.011.8129868 casamollino@fastwebnet.it  Directory: content -> dam dam -> Resolution dam -> American bar association adopted by the house of delegates dam -> Chevrolet – the Story of a Global Brand A. Louis Chevrolet and the Legend of Beaune dam -> Embargo until 12/17/12 dam -> October/November 2015 Teacher's Guide Table of Contents dam -> Boston College Athletics Advisory Board Annual Report, 2011-12 dam -> Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Office for Project Services dam -> Boston College Athletics Advisory Board Annual Report, 2010-11 Download 98.92 Kb. Share with your friends:
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