MAPh | Massimo Vitali: Leporello 2020

EXHIBITION

Massimo Vitali: Leporello 2020

29 April – 22 May 2022

Massimo VITALI
Untitled 2020
from the series Leporello
courtesy of the artist

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Massimo Vitali, one of the most eminent living Italian photographers, is best known for his large-scale colour images of beaches and mass leisure events. Vitali has never been drawn to emptiness, and deserted cities hold little interest for him. But following the European spring lockdown of 2020, as soon as it was possible to leave the house in Italy and travel outside one’s own town, people began to return to the beaches. And Vitali was there, ready to capture the Italians during their moments of relaxation and leisure, as if to ask himself if they had really changed.

This exhibition is a collaboration between the Italian Institute of Culture and Monash Gallery of Art and will be shown in the CBD during PHOTO 2022.

Shop 5, Upper Level
3 Southgate Avenue
Southbank VIC 3006

Tue–Fri 10am–5pm
Sat–Sun 10am–4pm

Massimo Vitali: Leporello 2020 is an official exhibition of PHOTO 2022 International Festival of Photography (photo.org.au), a major biennial of new photography and ideas taking place from 29 April to 22 May in Melbourne and regional Victoria.

MAPh acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong People, and recognises their continuing connection to the land and waterways.

We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging and extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

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