FRANCO FONTANA: LANGUAGE OF COLOUR
We are very proud to present the first solo exhibition at Atlas Gallery inaugurating the recent representation of master photographer Franco Fontana.
Born in Modena (Italy) in 1933, Fontana is one of the pioneers of colour photography, renowned for his intense and abstracted ‘scapes’: landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes and bodyscapes. His true subject is colour and how it can express something beyond visual reality, even when the literal subjects of the artist’s photographs are fields, buildings or city pavements.
The show will comprise of a variety of works from the 70s – 2017, including extra large master prints and an amazing group of unique polaroids. Like many artists, Fontana used the Polaroid camera to make images that are spontaneous, intimate and experimental.
Fontana has worked in colour from the early 1960s, at the time a radical shift away from the established norms of black and white fine art photography. His work has won many awards, including when in 1992 Tokyo Metropolitan Museum named him as one of 23 photographers who had “created a new age”. He has published more than 100 books in seven languages and had many solo exhibitions worldwide.
Spagna, 1985
Archival pigment print
Havana, 2017
Archival pigment print
Riccione, 1971
Archival pigment print
Rabat, 1981
Archival pigment print
Paris, 1979
Archival pigment print
Los Angeles, Asfalto, 1990
Archival pigment print
Autostrada, 1975
Archival pigment print
Monte Sant’Angelo, 1995
Archival pigment print
Asfalto, 1968
Archival pigment print
New York, 1997
Archival pigment print
Basilicata, 1986
Archival pigment print
Paesaggio Immaginario, 2001
Archival pigment print
Landscape 1978
Two archival pigment prints (diptych)
Landscape 1978
Two archival pigment prints (diptych)
Paesaggio Immaginario 1990s
Archival pigment print
Baia delle Zagare, 1970
Archival pigment print
Basilicata, 1986
Archival pigment print
Puglia, 1987
Archival pigment print
Basilicata, 1978
Archival pigment print
LA, Venice, 1990
Archival pigment print
Los Angeles, 1990
Archival pigment print
Londra, Asfalto, 1995
Archival pigment print
Mediterraneo, 1985
Archival pigment print
Basilicata, 1987
Archival pigment print
Untitled, 1980s
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Untitled, 1980s
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Untitled, 1980s
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Untitled, 1980s
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Untitled, 1980s
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Taipei, 1994
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Untitled
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Untitled
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Untitled
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Untitled
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Untitled
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Untitled
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Untitled
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Untitled
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches
Untitled
Unique Polaroid
3.5 x 4.2 inches