Sofia - An unknown Venice is on display in Bulgaria, reflected in the glass of its windows, photographed by Riccardo Zipoli. The pictures on display until Jan. 4, are a selection from more than a thousand taken between 2004 and 2006, showing a city that appears fickle and elusive, but in combination with ideal and metaphysical aspects. It is not a realistic representation, but a different Venice; imaginary, changing shapes and colours, spreading its presence in unexpected views and astounding combinations where the concrete and abstract are combined in pictorial mode. Domes, trees, steeples, columns, clouds, statues and chimneys sprout from inside the windows of houses and buildings, taking on new and unusual forms. The photographs are presented in pairs and each pair is characterised by a particularity that unites the two images. Born in Prato in 1952, Zipoli teaches Persian language and literature and Photographic Design and Production at the Ca Foscari University of Venice. He took up photography in 1972, with his first exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London in 1976 and at the Diaframma gallery in Milan in 1977. The exhibition is hosted by the Dimitar Dobrovich Art Gallery in Sliven, in central-eastern Bulgaria, which has organised it in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute in Sofia. (AGI)
(December 23, 2015)
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