Just over thirty years after his untimely death, MASI Lugano is devoting an exhibition to the Italian photographer Luigi Ghirri.
Luigi Ghirri, Rimini, 1977, Courtesy Eredi di Luigi Ghirri. © Eredi di Luigi Ghirri.
Ghirri was a pioneer whose far-reaching ideas on photography and its role in modern culture remain influential today. The body of work he created in the 1970s and 1980s – a playful and poetic reflection on the medium of photography at a time when it was becoming commonplace in contemporary society – was unrivalled in Europe.
Luigi Ghirri, Rifugio Grosté, 1983, Courtesy Eredi di Luigi Ghirri. © Eredi di Luigi Ghirri.
The exhibition at MASI explores how important the idea and reality of travel was to Luigi Ghirri. A carefully curated selection of around 140 colour photographs, mostly vintage prints from the 1970s and 1980s from the Estate of Luigi Ghirri and the collection of CSAC in Parma, brings together celebrated images alongside lesser known photographs.
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