Bologna, Palazzo Albergati hosts exhibition dedicated to Oliviero Toscani

At Palazzo Albergati in Bologna, Arthemisia presents from April 8 to September 4, 2022, the exhibition Oliviero Toscani. 80 Years as a Situationist curated by Nicolas Ballario. The exhibition traces the photographer’s career, with more than 100 photographs intended to showcase the creative power and career of Oliviero Toscani (Milan, Italy, 1942) through more and less well-known images. 80 Years as a Situationist is the title that was chosen not only to celebrate Toscani’s vocation, but also to mark the photographer’s 80th birthday just a few weeks ago. Toscani through photography has made the world discuss issues such as racism, the death penalty, AIDS, war, sex, violence, anorexia and more. There will be all of his most famous campaigns on display, those that have shaken public opinion through billboards and newspaper pages, but also a lesser-known Toscani, such as that of the very early years.

So among the works on display are the famous Jesus Jeans poster ’Chi mi ama mi segua’, Kiss between priest and nun from 1992, the Three Hearts White/Black/Yellow from 1996, No-Anorexia from 2007 and many others, but also images made for fashion (from Donna Jordan to Claudia Schiffer to Monica Bellucci) and even those from his training period at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich.

Also on display are dozens of portraits such as those of Mick Jagger, Lou Reed, Carmelo Bene, Federico Fellini and the greatest cultural figures from the 1970s onward. What’s more, one room is dedicated to the Human Race project, with which Oliviero Toscani has ploughed hundreds of squares around the world to photograph anyone who wished, creating the largest existing photographic archive on the morphological and social differences of humanity, with more than 10,000 portraits.

For all information, you can visit the official website of Palazzo Albergati.

Bologna, Palazzo Albergati hosts exhibition dedicated to Oliviero Toscani

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