Pino Musi's Sardinia Photographs at Cagliari Exhibition

Photographer Pino Musi (Salerno, 1958) presents 43 black-and-white photographs from a two-part residency in Sardinia: five days in June on the island of Asinara and two weeks in September in the Sulcis region. The exhibition, titled 'Pino Musi e la Sardegna,' is held in Cagliari. Musi's work focuses on the geometric volumes and rational structures of fascist-era architecture and abandoned mining sites, avoiding clichés of decay. Images include the high-security prison cell of mafia boss Totò Riina, the red slag heaps of Monteponi, the towers of the Serbariu mine in Carbonia, aligned doors and windows in Cortoghiana and Bacu Abis, and coastal mining views at Buggerru, Cala Domestica, and Masua. Musi's aesthetic approach, influenced by Suprematism, balances light and darkness to trace the transformation of Sardinia.