GIUSEPPE CARDONI
Traces 2020 (tribute to the artistic movement of Italian futurists)

Walking near a construction site I realized that the traces on the rough floor of a shopping center still under construction left by the forklifts for transporting goods evoked the charcoal drawings of the Italian Futurists. In particular I love Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Gerardo Dottori and their research on speed and movement.
Indeed I’m interested in using a sense of mechanical abstraction in relationship to the identifiable elements in the photos and also in making dynamic, visually textured two-dimensional compositions that are graphic designs that rely on lines, planes of space, patterns. An aesthetic tension created by the lines, shapes and contrast. The compositions become like an another surreal imaginary world (and all this has already been explored by the futurists).

Author
Living in Umbria, Italy. With RAI journalist, Luca Cardinalini, he co-authored a photo book entitled “STTL La terra ti sia lieve” and together with Luigi Loretoni he published a photo book called “Miserere” in 2008, “Gubbio, I Ceri” in 2011 and “Kovilj” in 2014 (all Ed.Arte Grafica Gubbio). Also in 2014, he published “Boxing Notes” .
He dedicated himself to music photography for some years, co-authored the book “I colori del Jazz” (Federico Motta) and published “Jazz Notes” in 2019. In 2020, he published “Life and Death - Mexican Rhapsody” a journey into Mexican traditions and culture. In 2021 he published “Passion for Sport”, in 2023 "In and out of the ring" and "Metropolitan Fragments"(89 Books). In 2025 he published "RAW" (89 Books).
He exhibited his works in more than 70 personal and collective exhibitions in Italy and abroad. He was a winner or finalist in many international contests.

Website
www.giuseppecardoni.it

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