Olmo Amato's 'La luna e il bambù' at Galleria 28 in Rome

Olmo Amato (Rome, 1986) presents 'La luna e il bambù' at Galleria 28 in Rome, a photography exhibition inspired by the Japanese folktale Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter). Amato uses photomontage to combine his own photographs of bamboo forests near Kyoto with archival images from late 19th-century photographers Felice Beato and Adolfo Farsari. The artist's signature is a stamp with his surname in kanji, chosen by his Japanese partner and her father. The exhibition includes an immersive installation in the lower space, evoking the bamboo forest with moonlight, children's songs, and the Japanese concept of 'Komorebi'—light filtering through trees. The show runs at Galleria 28, located in the context of the Temple of Hadrian.