Giovanni Chiaramonte retrospective at APE Parma Museo with 400 works

APE Parma Museo in Parma hosts a major retrospective of Giovanni Chiaramonte (1948–2023), featuring 400 photographs across 25 series arranged chronologically from 'Ultima Sicilia' (1970) to 'Salvare l’ora' (2011–2012). The exhibition includes the seminal 'Viaggio in Italia' (1984), celebrating its 40th anniversary, and works like 'Finestre' (1978), 'Verso il celeste' (1978), 'Interno Perduto' (2012), and 'Jerusalem' (post-2000). Chiaramonte's encounter with Luigi Ghirri and the collective 'Viaggio in Italia' project marked a turning point, revealing a new gaze on landscape and the human-nature relationship. The exhibition, curated by Carlo Arturo Quintavalle, is held at the Fondazione Monteparma's APE venue, a former Bank of Italy building, with the vault used for the section 'Fotografia come misura del mondo'. Chiaramonte's work is noted for its architectural organization of space, magical realism, and tension between destiny and place, especially in 'Interno Perduto' documenting the 2012 Emilia earthquake. The show also references Chiaramonte's roots in Sicily, his time in Milan, and travels to the US and Cuba. Paris also commemorated the 'Viaggio in Italia' anniversary with a show at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura during Paris Photo.