the old apennines by luigi fantini

THE O L D A P E NNI NE S
BY LUIGI FANTINI
Fienili del Campiaro (Grizzana Morandi, Bologna) July 29 - October 30, 2016
Saturday / Sunday hours: 11:00AM - 1:00PM / 3:00PM - 6:00PM Trasguardo
/ Artistic Direction: Eleonora Frattarolo Exhibit curator and catalog: Luciano
Leonotti
Together with the exhibit Ghirri meets Morandi on July 30, 2016 in the Fienili
del Campiaro opens the first exhibition ever held in Grizzana Morandi of the
photographs of Luigi Fantini (1928-2013), who was also a painter and engraver. This is a core of images relative to the old rural buildings of the Bolognese Apennines, a job that Luigi Fantini realized in the fifties by following in
the footsteps of his Uncle Luigi who was also fond of the Apennine territory.
The photographs are made with a catalogatrice methodology, the frame gives priority to the most relevant and significant architectural aspect and the
environment is minimized, except in rare cases where the artifact dominates
steps or valleys, like the house towers. It is gaunt, dry black and white, using
yellow- orange filters that emphasize the heavens, and without the use of
the tripod for better orthogonal shooting accuracy.
It is a photography “of step” of a walker that travels along the ridges to discover the Middle Ages and reached us relatively intact. Sometimes the inhabitants are inserted sitting there in front of the home and are the witnesses of
time, because these organized stones without plaster, held together as an
ancestral tie, manage to project ourselves in a magical dimension.
This exhibition is held in conjunction with two other exhibits in the area:
Ghirri meets Morandi, always the Fienili di Campiaro and Rooms of Wonder.
Exoticism Fantastic Charm in Rocchetta
Mattei (in the territory of Grizzana Morandi, 30 minutes from Bologna)
Promotions provided by the Municipality of Grizzana Morandi
Sponsored by: Communities of the Bolognese Apennine The Metropolitan
City of Bologna, Region of Emilia Romagna The Academy of Fine Arts
Bologna Provided by the Carisbo Photographic Archive Foundation
Link to a first selection of images: https://we.tl/Fq3lrT2sj2
For exhibit information: www.comune.grizzanamorandi.bo.it
How to get to the Rocchetta Mattei: Provincial Road 62,
40030 Grizzana Morandi BO
BY CAR: from Bologna - A1 motorway to Sasso Marconi where you MUST exit
to get on SS64 to Riola; from Florence - A1 motorway towards Bologna to
Pian del Voglio towards Castiglione dei Pepoli and then towards
Camugnano, Riola; from Pistoia - SS 64 towards Porretta Terme, to Riola.
BY TRAIN: Porrettana railway Bologna-Pistoia, from Bologna railway station
every hour to Riola, from Pistoia exchange in Porretta Terme (check schedule
for times). From Riola station to Rocchetta about 1200 meters,
a 15-20 minute walk (a large part does not have a walking path).
Taxi services: Cumaeans & Verar - 339 2274307 or Gianfranco Montebugnoli
345 7001015
FOR MEDIA: information and details on the Bologna press conference and
preview of the exhibits will follow shortly in the next correspondence.
Press office: Laboratorio delle Parole, Francesca Rossini - Bologna (I) / Lugano (CH) notizie@laboratoriodelleparole.net - tel (+39) 335 5411331 (+ 39)
339 8762443