FRANCO GUERZONI

Franco Guerzoni born in 1948 in Modena, where he lives and works. From the beginning of the 60’s he dedicates himself to the research of the system of representation of the imagine through the use of photography, in a context of strong conceptual influence and an exchange of ideas with young artists from Modena, for example Franco Vaccari, Claudio Parmiggioni, Giuliano Della Casa, Carlo Cremaschi, the photographer Luigi Ghirri and others that work on research for new expressions.
They belong to the line of Archaeology, the first personal of Guerzoni from Bologna cared by Renato Barilli in 1973, the collective Milanese ‘Blow up’ 1976 cared again by Renato Barilli and the collective Photo-graphics in 1977 cared by Arturo Carlo Quintavalle.
During this period the artist gives particular attention to the archaeological world, where he investigates the aspects of cultural layers, fascinated by the idea of antique as a loss, without being tempted to re-construct it. Simultaneously he elaborates books, works that deal with the travel, from the reproduction of the image and its multifarious readings. The turning point in his artistic career arrives in the 80’s, where he is engaged in the passage of love for the page of the book to the realization of large carte parietali gessoes, involved in an idea of imaginary geography. During this period in we find the exhibition Milanese ‘Cosa fanno oggi I concetuali?’ realized in 1986 at the ‘Rotonda della Besana’ cared by Renato Barilli, and ‘Scavi’ superficial in 1987, cared by Paolo Fossati at the Civica Gallery in Modena Guerzoni at the end of the 80’s begins research on the surface intended as depth, this indicates the beginning of large cycles of works among which are ‘Decoration and Ruins’, presented in a personal hall at ‘Biennale of Venice’ in 1990 and Restauri provvisori exhibited at the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art in Bologna cared by Pier Giovanni Castagnoli. A vast retrospective of the artist, with 30 years of research as testimony, has been co-ordinated by Paola Jori in 1996 in occasion of his personal exhibition at the ‘Civica di Arte Contemporanea in Trento’ in December 1999 they were moved to Palazzo Massari of Ferrara, the personale Orienti cared by Pier Giovanni Castagnoli simultaneously at ‘Bianca e Volta’ at Casa dell’Ariosto, always at Reggio Emilia cared by Fabrizio D’Amico. In 2005 the installation of ‘Pagine Furiose’ realized in the Institute of Italo Francese in Bologna.
His works can be found in public and private collections in Italy and abroad.