ALESSANDRO VICARIO
In the Secrecy of a Home (2024)

A collector asked me to photograph a house that belonged to close relatives of hers: a two-storey villa surrounded by a beautiful hedged garden between Varese and Laveno.
As she was acquainted with my previous works on domestic interiors (in particular Frammenti domestici tra memoria e oblio / Domestic Fragments Between Memory and Oblivion, 1999-2001, but also Paesaggi d'assenza. Sulle tracce di Lalla Romano / Landscapes of Absence. In the Footsteps of Lalla Romano, 2004), she entrusted me with the task of interpreting these spaces full of family memories.
Frammenti domestici tra memoria e oblio is inspired by a deep, intimate, emotional urgency. Paesaggi d'assenza, sulle tracce di Lalla Romano is about the home of a writer whose works I read and loved, and where my friend Antonio Ria, her last companion, lived.

Author
Born in Modena in 1968, Alessandro Vicario began photographing as a child thanks to the teachings of his father Ennio, a professional photographer. He grew up and trained in Milan, where he still resides. He is also the author of a number of audiovisual installations. He is represented by the gallery Lab1930. FOTOGRAFIA CONTEMPORANEA. Since 2000 to the present, he has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in private galleries, public spaces and international art fairs in Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain and Japan. His works belong to private and public collections including: Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Cinisello Balsamo (Milan); Alinari 24 ORE, Florence; Museo Villa dei Cedri, Bellinzona (Canton Ticino); Municipality of Losone (Canton Ticino); Fondazione Mudima, Milan; Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo; Fondazione San Fedele, Milan; Centro de Fotografia Isla de Tenerife, Sta. Cruz de Tenerife ecc.

Website
www.alessandrovicario.it

Instagram
@alessandro.vicario

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