ALESSANDRO DI GIAMPIETRO
1Alessandro Di Giampietro, 1972 work and live in Ljubljana / Milan/Pescara My work springs from the observation of human identity and focuses on the multilayered personae delivered in today’s society. It explores human rituals and practices around the body and the games people play that induce a changeover from one iconic archetype to another. Each work is an attempt to reconstruct a performance in which the border between reality and fiction vacillates just as when human beings are under the spell of habitual social behaviour. I look for the primeval essence accustomed to camouflage that unleashes its power when I ask my subjects to play with masks and props to disclose the depths of their being, revealing unsaid wishes and secrets. This process allows me to connect with the intimate energy that I see in the people I take a picture of, both in staged portraits and in snap-shots. My work focuses mainly on portraits because I am fascinated about the unspoken negotiations each human being enacts with himself/herself in order to emote. These rituals, for me, express an instinctual magic that underscores each person’s uniqueness and that define the meaning of individuality at large Alessandro’s entire work springs from the observation of human identity and focuses on the multilayered personae deliverd in today’s society. The project “whatever you think I am that is what I’m not “ is kind of a liberation ritual. Social appearances are put aside to give space to deep and unknown personal pulsions that became alive when behind the mask. The monsters that live in the expressive world of Alessandro’s work are growing continuosly and are some sort of living organism that keeps to proliferate (transforming from reality into installatons, photos, videos, performance and the web). (Francesco UrbanRagazzi) SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 Thinga Things . Introducing chaos and uncertainty , Public area ( Spica), Ljubljana 2017 Whatever you think I am that is what I’m not –Limbico Cirkulacija2, Ljubljana, April 20th – May 10th 2017 wytitiwin ss 2017, curated by the ghost gallery, Golab, Milan. 2016 Whatever you think i’m that is what i’m not, curated by Federica Bianconi, THE STRANGE DAYS, Parma 2016 Whatever you think i’m that is what I’m not, curated by the Ghost Gallery, PARTY EVE, Milan 2012 OVERLAPPING, VOLCANO EXTRAVAGANZA, curated by Milovan Farronato, Fiorucci Art Trust, Stromboli 2011 GOLDENBOY, Galleria Davide Di Maggio, Milan 2010 Butterly etude (art installation formalised in a large-scale photo), Carbonia, Cagliari SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019 Casa come Me, curated by Arianna Rosica and Gianluca Riccio, Villa Lysis, Capri. 2019 Cacophonia Cacovisia, An exaggeration to the limits of over-saturation. The main line of (over)saturation will draw on light sources, using both simple and complex movable mechanisms, producing images as shadows (shadow play), transparencies, scans, flickering. The sound will be picked up using light sensors on shadowy surfaces and directly processed, thus establishing a closed-loop (cybernetic) system. Production: @LJUDMILA and Projekt Atol. The project is supported by the City of Ljubljana – Department of Culture and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. 2019 ISA (immaginario sentimentale abruzzese) curated by Daniela Pietranico, Museo Vittoria Colonna, Pescara, Italy 2018 All are We are all, curated by Riccardo Lisi, Spazio Morel, Lugano, Switzerland 2017 Grotesque, curated by Paolo Gonzato, Sala Delle Colonne, Corbetta, Milan 2017 Drawings from Lightning, exhibition and book Presentation, Project curated by Laura Santamaria, Madeinbritaly, London. 2016 Drawings from Lightning, curated by Laura Santamaria, Fonderia Battaglia, Milan 2015 ID-ENTITY, Mars, Milano 2013 Sulcis Oddity, curated by Emiliana Sabiu, MACC – Museum of Contemporary Art, Calasetta, Cagliari 2013 ARIMORTIS, curated by Roberto Cuoghi and Milovan Farronato, Museo del Novecento, Milano 2012 Personal effect on sale, a project by Sissi, Marco Scotti, David Casini, Francesco Calzolari, Padiglione dell’esprit noveau, Bologna 2010 Il raccolto d’autunno è stato abbondante, curated by Milovan Farronato, Viafarini DOCVA Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan 2009 L’Indiano in Giardino, curated by Santo Talone e Alek O, various public spaces, Milan 2006 CHI ICH, curated by Bert Theis, Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan 2005 Revolution is on hold, curated by Adrian Paci, Stecca degli, Milan 2003 Fragment d’un Discours Italien, curated by Christian Bernard, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art MAMCO, Geneva 2002 OUT-PUT (OUT – Office for urban transformation, Bert Theis/Alessandro Di Giampietro), curated by Noah Stolz, Galleria Ciocca, Milan. 2002 Revolution is on hold curated By Adrian Paci, Stecca degli Artigiani, Milan WORKSHOP 2014 The portrait as aptitude for creative transgression, conversation with Milovan Farronato, IUAV – Venice University, BA course in Multimedia Art department 2014 Roadside Picnic 3, workshop in drama costumes, a project by Fiorucci Art Trust, Hilton Palace, Sorrento 2012 Camouflage, art on hiding and revealing, Natural Science Museum, Milan OTHER PROJECTS 2016-2019 Visualizations and experimental movies for balans concerts 2018 Cd covers for Balans band Group 2017 Drawings from Lightning, Artist Book, project by Laura Santamaria. 2016 Visualizations and moton picture for Gino Lucente concert, c-r-u-d a place where …, Milan 2016 EIGHTGRAMS, jewellery, a selection of unique pieces made of eight grams of pure gold 2012 Rolling Stone, Roadside Picnic / Stromboli, a project by Fiorucci Art Trust, by Salerno Editrice MAGAZINES 2018 Hunter Fashion Magazine (fall/winter 2018 issue) 2017 Elle magazine Slovenija (January 2018 issue) 2013 – 2015 Dapper Dan (UK), Vanidad (SPA) 125 Magazine (UK), Stern (UK), Arkitip (USA), Flashart Italia, Exitbart, Neo2 (ES), Rojo (ES), Frieze Magazine (UK), Soma Magazine (USA) 2007 – 2013 Butt Magazine (NL), Marie Claire (IT), Dazed and Confused (UK), A Magazine, Vice Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, The End, SPEX Magazine (DE), Oyster (AUS), Fashion Magazine, Slurp Magazine, Crash Magazine, Gomma Magazine (UK), Idomenee 2002 – 2007 D della Repubblica, Nylon Magazine (USA), Donna (IT), Urban Magazine, Blackbook (USA), Caffelatte, Idomenee (FR), Muteen (FR) 1999 – 2001 Grazia (IT), Io Donna (IT), Kult Magazine, (ITA http://www.alessandrodigiampietro.com infoalessandrodigiampietro@gmail.com