MARIO DE BIASI, Gli Italiani si voltano

Vintage gelatin silver print Cm 21 x 30 Signed, dated, annotated on verso Framed dark grey wood (size 42 x 52 cm) Original provenance: The artist, Milano Modernism, with its “straight” formulas, was doubtlessly a major artistic inspiration, almos a school, for De Biasi and we find its work, the travel and urban exploration pieces as well as the nature and photojournalism work, which is also organized in rectangles with homogeneous surface shot straight on or from above. In his work the central nucleus blends in harmoniously with the surrounding matrix, creating quickly extemporized metaphors “à la sauvette”, that sometimes recall Cartier - Bresson, perhaps the conceptually closest photographer to De Biasi. They also share a very explicit humanistic leaning, latina warmth, a nostalgic yearning and a rhapsodic longing for the beautiful, the sublime, wich comes across with De Biasi in a very charming, serene way, without bitterness or insincere intellectual irony.Italo Zannier© 1994 Photology Editions Mario De Biasi Neorealismo e Realtà