Massimo Gurciullo
Photographer
Massimo Gurciullo, born in Sicily in 1961.
In 1982 he moved to Paris and began his profession. Mainly nudes and portraits which represent for over 30 years the main subject of his work.
Exhibits in France, Italy, Romania, Switzerland. Creates books of photography, the first NUDI, presents the nude works from the period between 1982-1983.
Portraits Cycle No.3 is a handmade artist’s book in 100 signed and numbered copies. It is a book about portraits in the studio, an analog work that Gurciullo personally prints in the darkroom.
Then comes the 2012 book Portraits…30 Years which collects the first 30 years of his studio portraits.
In 2013 he leaves the studio and goes into the street with a digital device. After 4 years, the book Sicily is published by the Portuguese publisher The Unknown Books.
Since 2013 he is also curator of the photography festival Med Photo Fest that takes place every year in Sicily during the month of October. The festival is now in its 11th edition.
Massimo Gurciullo
Photographer
Massimo Gurciullo, born in Sicily in 1961.
In 1982 he moved to Paris and began his profession. Mainly nudes and portraits which represent for over 30 years the main subject of his work.
Exhibits in France, Italy, Romania, Switzerland. Creates books of photography, the first NUDI, presents the nude works from the period between 1982-1983.
Portraits Cycle No.3 is a handmade artist’s book in 100 signed and numbered copies. It is a book about portraits in the studio, an analog work that Gurciullo personally prints in the darkroom.
Then comes the 2012 book Portraits…30 Years which collects the first 30 years of his studio portraits.
In 2013 he leaves the studio and goes into the street with a digital device. After 4 years, the book Sicily is published by the Portuguese publisher The Unknown Books.
Since 2013 he is also curator of the photography festival Med Photo Fest that takes place every year in Sicily during the month of October. The festival is now in its 11th edition.
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Ulrike Rosenbach: Today Is TomorrowJun 24, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024To mark her 80th birthday, the ZKM Karlsruhe is presenting a major exhibition on the work of media artist Ulrike Rosenbach. Ulrike Rosenbach was one of the first artists in Germany to use the medium of video – as early as the beginning of the 1970s. (more…)
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Tom Hegen / Salt WorksLimited EditionThe archival pigment print inserted in Tom Hegen’s special edition Salt Works shows one of the many sea salt production sites the photographer portrayed from the air and captured in their unique beauty as an abstract field. (more…)
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Against ApartheidSep 29 – Dec 2, 2023Curated by Ashish Ghadiali, Against Apartheid explores the origins of climate apartheid through the work of international contemporary artists, activists and scientists. UN Special Rapporteur, Philip Alston, has dubbed the potential outcome of anthropogenic climate change as “climate apartheid” (more…)
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Adam Pendleton: To Divide BySep 22, 2023 – Jan 15, 2024“What is your name?” “Where are you from?” “How did you end up here?” “Can you feel it?” “Does it hurt?” With these and other questions, the American artist Adam Pendleton’s solo exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum sets up an elaborate call-and-response network that articulates a sense of history as fragmented poetics. The exhibition will showcase a polyvocal assemblage of new and recent paintings, drawings, and video portraits that together reveal Pendleton’s interest in creating a conversation between mediums, as well as his belief in abstraction’s capacity to destabilize and disrupt. (more…)
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Gala Porras-Kim: National TreasuresOct 31, 2023 – Mar 31, 2024Leeum Museum of Art presents National Treasures by Gala Porras-Kim, an M1 project exhibition that explores the intricacies that arise when ancient objects, history and modern systems intersect. Showcasing Porras-Kim’s three new works based on Korean cultural heritage and ten national treasures drawn from the museum’s collection (more…)
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Comment Se RaconterSep 8, 2023 – Jan 28, 2024To tell your own story (Comment se raconter) brings together stories from behind the scenes of grand history, from society’s margins. The featured artists come from different horizons; they share stories through videos, sculptures, letters, and images. In our post-truth age, we are witnessing a fragmentation of collective narratives. (more…)
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Han Schuil / SOLOSep 2 – Nov 12, 2023The solo exhibition by the Dutch artist Han Schuil will be on display in Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd from September 2 to November 12, 2023. Schuil will use the historical chambers of the country manor to exhibit paintings from the past twenty years. Han Schuil (Voorschoten, 1958) has managed to build up a consistent and, above all, idiosyncratic oeuvre over the past forty years. (more…)
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Resistance Training: Arts, Sports, and Civil RightsAug 19, 2023 – Feb 18, 2024Resistance Training: Arts, Sports, and Civil Rights explores the shared values between artists and athletes in the advancement of social justice-related issues. Throughout history artists have looked to athletes and other public figures as sources of inspiration, encoding moments of social change in the works of art they create. This exhibition brings together a group of contemporary artists who investigate the intersection of sports and the advancement of civil rights in the United States. (more…)
