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Gabriele Basilico (born in Milano in 1944) is one of today's best known documentary photographers in Europe. Cities and industrial landscapes are his fields of investigation.
Trained as an architect, he takes photographs of pieces of architecture and works for publishers, industrial concerns, public and private institutions. In 1983 the PAC in Milano presented his first important exhibition "Milano, ritratti di fabbriche".
In 1984 and 1985, he took part in the D.A.T.A.R. photographic mission, following the French government's initiative, to document the changes in the national landscape of the time.
He was then invited to participate in many similar projects in different European countries : Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Austria...
In 1990, he was awarded the "Grand Prix International du Mois de la Photo ( International Great Prize of the Photography Month) thanks to "Porti di mare" shown in Paris, a photographic research on various seaports.
In 1991 , with a group of international photographers, he participated in the photographic project on Beirut devastated by the war.
In 1994 Foundation/Gottardo Gallery in Lugano presented an important retrospective gathering fifteen years of photography (1978-1993), a travelling exhibition shown in main European museums.On this occasion, the book "L'esperienza dei luoghi" was published.
On September 15th 1996 , he was awarded the top prize by the international jury of the Sixth Exhibition of Architecture of Venice Biennial Event, for his photographs of contemporary architecture.
In the spring of 2000, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam presented a retrospective of his work related with his latest book "Cityscapes" which, with 330 images ,was an illustration of his work from 1984 to 1999. The same exhibition was to be shown in Porto by the CPF
(Portuguese Center for Photography), in MART (the museum of Modern Art of Trento and Rovereto) , in MAMBA (the museum of modern Art of Buenos Aires).
The same year, his research on the metropolitean area of Berlin came into being, on request of DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) . IVAM ( Valencia Institute of Modern Art) also asked him to make a photographic study on the city of Valencia, for the exhibition "Milano, Berlin, Valencia".
Last but not least, he was awarded the "premio" INU 2000 by the National Institute of Urbanism" (Istituto Nazionale Urbanistica) for his part in documenting contemporary cities through photography .
In 2001 he made a large series, entitled L.R.19/98, about the deserted areas of the Region of Emilia-Romagna and began an important research on the archeological area of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the theme of the exhibition "Provincia Antiqua" for the XXXIIIth International Photography Festival in Arles.
In June2002 he was awarded the prize of the year's best photography book by PhotoEspagna for his book "Berlin".
The same year, the Autonomous Province of Trento asked him a documentary piece of work on the province. It ended with an exhibition in the MART.
In 2003, Basilico was back to two important places where he had taken photographs earlier : in the North of France where he was invited by Cherbourg, and once more went across and examined the landscape he had already travelled in 1984-5 for the DATAR mission, and in Beirut where he took photographs of the central part of the city, at that time rebuilt, as a counterpoint of what he had done in 1991.
Both pieces of work are the subjects of the books "Bords de mer" and "Beirut1991 (2003)".
Moreover, in 2003, he took part in Sao Paulo Vth International Biennial Event of Architecture and Design and showed images made in Portugal about recent Portuguese architecture. This exhibition entitled "Disegnare la città" was presented at Milano triennial Fair in January 2004.
The same month, "LR19/98" about the forsaken look of the region of Emilia-Romagna and the larger version of "seasides" were exhibited in Cambridge (Massachusetts) MIT Museum.
In March 2004, Santiago de Compostela GGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea) presented Gabiele Basilico and other new European artists'work they had been asked to do on a research project on the city.
In the autumn of 2004, he participated in the exhibition "Arti e Architettura 1900-2000" in Geneva, at the ducal Palace, and he carried out two photographic programmes about Barcelona and Mantova.The Napoli Institute in charge of architectural buildings and landscape invited him to make a new photographic series for the exhibition " Obiettivo Napoli". "Luoghi memorie immagini" ( imagined heritage sites) was exhibited in March 2005 in the Doric Room of Palazzo Reale. The same month , the permanent installation of a photographic opera (27x1,90) was opened on the platform of Vanvitelli Neapolitan underground station. The book "Scattered City", gathering 160 new images of European Cities was also published.
(Some work about Torino urban area is under way for the group "6xTorino" at the Galleria of Modern Art.)
His recent photographic work is devoted to urban transformation.
Gabriele Basilico
Born in 1994, in Milan, Italy
Solo exhibitions
(selection since 1990)
2006 Maison Eurpéenne de la Photographie, Paris
Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris
Palazzo delle Arti, Naples
Fondation Calouste Goulbenkian
Studio Guenzani, Milan
Art Book, Milan
2005 Villa Medicis, Atelier del Bosco, Rome
VM21 artecomporanea, Rome
Studio Dabbeni, Lugano
Galerie Oliva Aaruna, Madrid
2004 Palazzo della Ragione, mairie de Mantoue
Wegelin e Co., Lugano
Crown Gallery, Bruxelles
M.I.T Musée de Cambridge, Masachussets
Triennale de Milan
2003 Espace Antonino Paraggi, Trévise
M.A.R.T., Musée d'Art Moderne de Trente et Roverto, Roverto
Biennale de Sao Paulo, Parc d'Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo
Centre de la Photographie de Haute Normandie, Rouen
Fnac-espace Les Halles (avec Francesco Jodice), Paris
2002 Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles
Garrnec, galere d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (avec Salvo), Bergame
GAM, Galerie Municipale d'art Moderne et Contemporain, Turin
2001 Cityscapes, Centre Portugais de Photographie, Porto
Gabriele Basilico, Berlino-Milano-Valencia, Institut d'Art Moderne, Valencia
Cityscapes, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto
CPF, Centre Portuguais de Photographie, Porto
Studio Guenzani, Milan
Cons Arc, Chiasso
Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris
Galerie Oliva Arauna, Madrid
I.V.A.M Institut d'Art Moerne, Valencia
M.A.R.T., Musée d'Art Moderne de trente et Riverto, Roverto
MAMBA, musée d'art mderne de Buenos Aires
Région Emilie Romagne, ancienne église de Saint Mathias, Bologne
2000 Urban Views, StedelijkMuseum, Amsterdam
Bolzano ovest Bozen west, Centro Civico Europa-Novacella, Bolzano
Magazzini del Sale, Venise
1999 Galerie Ras/ Actar, Barcelone
1998 la citta del porto, Palazzo San Giorgio, Genova
Nelle altre citta, Former Stock Exchange, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza
Palermo citta, Former Ospedale San Bartolomeo, Palermo (cat.)
Coupes sur le paysage italien. Une exploration de G. Basilico et S. Boeri, IFA, Paris
L'esperienza dei luoghi, Palermo- Fotogallery, Cardiff
1997 Gabriele Basilico.Beirut 91, Berggruen & Zevi Gallery, London
Basilico Beirut, Storefront Gallery, New-York
L'esperienza dei luoghi, Chapelle du Méjan, Arles
Musée Municipal, Riva del Garda
Photo & Co, Turin
Cntre culturel de Belem, Lisbonne
1996 Milano lavori in corso, Studio Guenzani, Milan
Sezione del paessaggio italiano, Pavillon italien, Biennale de Venise,
Mostra Internazionale di Architettura (cat.)
Salles des expositions BBK, Bilbao
Université de Salamanque
1995 Beirut, Teatro Sociale, Bergamo
Orte Erfahren (L'esperienza dei luoghi), Arkitekturforum/Centre Pasquart, Biel
1994 Paesaggi di viaggi, Palazzo Comunale, Modena (cat.)
L'esperianza dei luoghi 1978-1993, Galleria Gottardo, Lugano (cat.)
Nizza in controcampo, Musée Matisse, Nice (cat.)
Porti di mare, landmark Tower, Yokohama
L.A. Galerie, Francfort
1993 Printemps de Cahors
1992 Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne
1990 Ar / GeKunst Galerie Museum, Blozano
Mois de la Photo, Institut Culturel Italien, Paris
Palazzo Isimbardi; Milan
Group exhibitions
(selection since 1990)
2006 Storie Urbane, Settimana della fotographia; Mairie de Reggio Emilia.
Roma, Gabriele Basilico e le cartoline degli anni 50, festival de la Photographie, Musée de Roma in Trastevere, Rome
Immagini del costruire, 1946-2006. Complexe de S. Spirito in Saxia, Rome.
La mer, galerie Clairfontaine, Luxembourg
L'energia delle idee, Auditorium du Parc de la Musique, Rome
La collection du musée de Monaco, Fondation Memmo-Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome.
Orientalismi, studio la Città, Vérone
2005 La dolce crisi, Villa Manin, Passariano
Mediterranea, Pinacothèque régionale; Bari
6 x Torino, GAM, Galerie d'Art Moderne, Turin.
Farsites, Musée d'Art Contemporain, San Die
Barcelona & Fotographia, Musée d'Histoire de la Ville, Barcelone
Musac, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Castille et du Leon
Corigliano calabro festival, Palais Ducal, Corigliano Calabro
Sul filo della lana, cloitre de Saint Sebastien, Biella
XL, La collection photographique d'Arles, Musée reattu, Arles
Obiettivo Napoli, Luoghi, memrie, immagini; Salle Dorique du Palais Royal, Naples
Il Male. Esercizi di pittura crudele. Pavillon de chasse de Stupinigi, Turin.
2004 Raconti di Paisaggio 1984-2004. A vent'anni da Viaggio in Italia, Musée de
la Photographie Contemporaine, Cinistello Balsamo
Lacoonte Devorado, Arte y violencia politica, Centre José Guerriero, Grenade.
Group exhibition, galerie Oliva Aurana, Madrid
Affinità, salle doriuqe du Palais Royal, Naples
Arti e architectura 1900-2000, Palais Ducal, Gênes
La collection photographique de la Fnac, gaerie du Credito Valtellinese, Palazzo delle Steline, Milan. Palazzo
2003 FIAC, Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris
2001 Instant City, Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
La repubbliche dell'arte . Berlino, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena
2000 Milano senza confini, Spazio Oberdan, Milano
Mutations, Arc en rêve centre d'architecture, Bordeaux
1999 Esguards distants, IVAM, Valencia (cat.)
Proiezioni 2000 . Lo spazio delle arti visive nella cività multimediale
XII Quadriennale d'arte di Roma, Palazzo delle esposizioni, Roma
Inside-Outside, Galerie Fucares, Almagro
1998 Premises : Inveted Space in Visual Arts, Architecture and Design 1958-98,
Guggenheim Museum Soho, New-York (cat.)
Paysages du quotidien, Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra
1968-1998, Fotografia e arte in Italia, Commune di Modena, palazzo Santa
Margherita, Modena (cat.)
1997 Zurich 1997, Kunsthaus, Zurich
Fotografia italiana per una collezione. La collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo,
Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia, Turin (cat.)
Il San Gottardo, Fondazione Galleria Gottardo (cat.)
Venezia-Marghera. Fotografia e trasformazioni nella citta contemporeana,
Capannone Pilkington, Marchera (cat.)
Points de vue européens de Loseph Sudek à Gabriele Basilico,
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Archvio dello Spazio 1987-97, Palazzo dell'arte, Triennale de Milan (cat.)
1996 Lleida panorama, Collegi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya, Demarcacio de Lleida (cat.)
Archivio dello Spazio 4, Palazzo dell'Arte, Triennale di Milano (cat.)
Uma cicade assim, Camara Municipal de Matosinhos (cat.)
La Photographie contemporaine en France. Dix ans d'acquisitions,
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (cat.)
1995 O sitto o signo, Alfandega Nova, Oporto (cat.)
Archivio dello Spazio 3, Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan (cat.)
Anni Novanta Arte e Milano, galerie du Credito Valtelinese, Refettorio elle Steline, Milan.
Chimica aperta, Palazzo della Ragione, Milan
L'io e il suo doppio. Un secolo di ritratto fotografico in Italia, 1985-1995, XLVI Biennale de Venise, pavillon italien.
Salle Viscomtale du Chateau des Sforza, Milan.
1994 Il ruolo della critica, Palazzo Comunale, Modena (cat.)
La ville, art et architecture en Europe, 1870-1993, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Colleccion recorridos Fotograficos 1994, ARCO, Madrid
La città dentro le mura, Palazzo Comunale, Modene
Tredici fotografi per un itinerario pasolinanio, CRAF Spiiilimbergo
Barcelona/ Berlin, Collegi d'arquitectes de Catalunya, Barcelone
1993 Fotografi italiani, Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
Immagini italiane, Fondation Guggenheim, Venise
Muri di carta, XLV Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, Venezia
Archivio delllo Spazio 2, Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan
Photographies d'une collection, Caisse des Depots et Consignations, Paris.
Muri di carta, XLV Expositions Internationale d'Art, Venise
Immagini italiane, Fondation Guggenheim, Venise
Genius loci, Mois de la photo 93, reims, chaeau du Grand Jardin, Joinville
Jardin do Paraiso, Rencontres de Photographie, centre Culturel de Belem, Coimbre
Ria de Hierro, Salle des Expositions de l'archivio Foral de Bizkaia, Bilbao
La Durance, Paysages en regards, Musée de l'Hotel-Dieu, Porte d'Avignon, Cavaillon,
Fotographi italiani, Accademia Carrara, Bergame
Miranda fin de siglo, Madrid visto por....Fondation Clulturelle Banesto, Madrid
1992 Wasteland, Landscape from now on, Fotografie Biennale Rotterdam (cat.)
Beyrouth Centre ville, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Musa Museu, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelone (cat.)
Viaggio fotografico nell'interno della Valle d'Aosta, Centre St Benin, Aoste
Premiere Photo, Galerie du Jour, Paris
La Logique de la complexité, Institut Fraçais d'Architecture, Paris.
1991 Site work, Architecture in Photography since early Modernism,
The photographers' Gallery, Londre (cat.)
Mit dem "Rotem Blitz" in die schöne Weststeiermark, Haus der architektur, Graz;
Palazzo dei Principi, Corregio (cat.)
En bateau, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Archivio dello Spazio 1, Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan.
1990 IV Fotobienal Vigo'90, Centre des Etudes Photographiques, Vigo (cat.)
I Rioni storici nelle immagini disette fotografi, Palazzo Braschi, Rome.
Publications
1990
Porto di mare, Art & Udine. Introduction by Aldo Rossi, text by Roberta Voltorta
1991
In treno verso l'Europa, Petit Associat, Rome, Texts by Igor Man, Diego Mormorio, Aldo Rossi
1992
Bord de mer, Art & Udine, Text by Bernard Latarjet, note by Gabriele Basilico
1994
L'esperienza dei luoghi, Fotografe di Gabriele Basilico 1978-1993, Fondazione Galleria Gottardo, Lugano, Arts & Udine, Text by Roberta Voltorta
Basilico Beyrouth, La Chambre Claire, Paris, ( Italian edition, Basilico beirut, Atr & Udine, 1994) Interview by Gabriel Bauret, note by Gabriele Basilico
1998
Italy, cross-setions of a country, Scalo, Zürich, text by Stefano Boeri
Nelle altre citta, Atr & Udine, Text by Gabriele Basilico
Attraversare Bergamo, Bolis/A.C.E.B., Bergamo, Interview by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, text by Vanni Zanella
Palermo Citta, Associazione Eva Kant/Provincia di Palermo, Palermo Texts by losalita Ciavarino and Elisa Fulco
1999
The interrupted City / La ciudad interrumpida, Actar, Barcelona, Letter and note by Gabriele Basilico
Cityscapes, Baldini & Castoldi, Milano, Thames and Hudson, London, Texts by Alvaro Siza and Filippo Maggia
2000
Urban Views, Gabriele Basilico & Beat Streuli, NAI Uittgevers / Publishers Rotterdam,. Texts by Hripsimé Visser
Urban Lights, Arti Graphiche Amilcare Pizzi, Milano, Catalogue de l'exposition.
2001
-Berlin, Baldini & Castoldi, Milan. Actes Sud, Arles 2002/thames & Hudson, Londres 2002, Textes de Gabriele Basilico, Stefano Boeri, Hans Ulrich Olbrist, Renate Siebenhaar
- L. R. 19/98. La riqualificazione delle aree urbane in Emilia Romagna.
Editric Compostori, Bologne. Catalogue de l'exposition dans l'ancienne église de Saint Mathias, Bologne, 2002. Textes de Gabriele basilico, Richard Ingersoli, Pierro Orlandi, Roberta Valtorta.
Gabriele Basilico 55, Phaido Press, Londres, textes de Francesco Bonami. 75 photographies en noir et blanc.
Milan, Berlin, Valencia, Actar, Barcelone. Catalogue de l'exposition à l'IVAM, Valencia. Textes de Basilico, Josep Vincent de Monzo, Kosme de Baranano, Eduardo Souto Moura.
2002
Gabriele Basilico fotografie 1978-2002.; GAM, Turin. Catalogue de l'exposition à la Galerie d'art moderne et Contemporain, Turin. Textes de Roberta Valtorta, Marco Meneguzzo, Pierre Alain Croset.
Basilico - Salvo, Lubrina Editore, Bergame. Catalogue de l'exposition à la Galerie d'art moderne et contemporain, Bergame. Introduction de Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, Gabriel Basilico et Salvo.
Provincia Antiqua, Actes Sud, Arles. Catalogue de l'exposition au XXXIII Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles. Textes de Bernard Millet et Christian Caujolle.
2003
Beirut 1991 (2003) Baldini & Castoldi Dalai Editore, Milan, le Point du Jour, Paris. Textes de Francesco Bonami, Dominique Eddé, Gabriele Basilico.
Bord de mer, Baldini & Castoldi, Milan, Le Point du Jour, Paris. Textes de Bernard Latarjet et Gabriele Basilico.
Trentino. Viaggio fotografico di Gabriele Basilico. Nicolodi Editore, rovereto,. Textes de Roberto Pinter et Roberta Valtorta.
2004
Gabriele Basilico, Assemblée de Galice- Centre Calego d'At Contemporain, Saint Jacques de Compostelle. Textes de ramon Esparza, Miguel Fernadez Cid.
2005
Gabriel Basilico, Phaidon Press, Londres; texte de Francesco Bonami.
Scattered City, Baldini Castoldi Dalai Editore, Milan / Le Point du jour, Paris. Introduction d'Angela Madesani. Avec une conversation de l'auteur avec Yona Friedman, hans Ulrich Obrist et Stefano Boeri.
2006
Desegnare nella città. Architettura in Pportgallo, Actar, Barcelone.
Gabriele Basilico Lisboa, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbonne. Introduction de Madalena d'Alfonso.
Gabriele Basilico, Photo Books 1978 - 2005, Edizioni Corraini, Mantoue, texte d'Italo Rota.
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