About 200 photographs by Claudio Abate, from the best-known to some previously unpublished, are on display at MAXXI in Rome

by Redazione , published on 22/02/2023
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MAXXI in Rome presents about two hundred photographs by Claudio Abate, from the most famous to the lesser known, to some still unpublished. In collaboration with the Claudio Abate Archive.

From March 3 to June 4, 2023, MAXXI in Rome presents the exhibition Claudio Abate. Sensitive Surface, curated by Ilaria Bernardi and Bartolomeo Pietromarchi and realized in collaboration with theClaudio Abate Archive.

The exhibition intends to be a visual narrative through the selection of about two hundred photographs, from the most famous to the lesser known, to some still unpublished.

“You have to enter the works, feel them and make them your own, even love them; if you don’t succeed in this you won’t even be able to make beautiful photographs,” Claudio Abate said.

The exhibition traces Abate’s production through the “lens” of his archive, a space at once working and conceptual that allows us to investigate the photographer’s deepest and most hidden aspects and that today constitutes a precious heritage for art-historical studies on Italian and international art.

Claudio Abate’s production in fact ranges from photographs of Arte Povera works, artists and exhibitions, to shots of the art and exhibition scene in Italy and abroad, to photographs on theater, fashion, costume and current events.

The exhibition will be divided into nine thematic sections, enriched by archival documents, film footage, and period testimonies, with the intention of bringing to light Abate’s relationships with artists and institutions, but also to deepen his photographic research.

For info: https://www.maxxi.art/

Image: Claudio Abate, Contacts with the sensitive surface (Gino De Dominicis), 1972 © Claudio Abate Archive.

About 200 photographs by Claudio Abate, from the best-known to some previously unpublished, are on display at MAXXI in Rome
About 200 photographs by Claudio Abate, from the best-known to some previously unpublished, are on display at MAXXI in Rome


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