On Wednesday, July 8th at 5:30 PM at BUILDING GALLERY, a conversation between Stefano Boeri, Roberta Tenconi, and Marco Scotini titled After Production. Temporality and Industrial Landscape in Vincenzo Castella takes place, on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition Vincenzo Castella. Timeless Archaeology, an extensive solo show curated by Marco Scotini.
The exhibition, spread across the three exhibition floors of BUILDING GALLERY, brings together for the first time a cohesive body of around sixty large- and medium-format photographic works, offering an organic and layered reading of the research the artist has conducted on the industrial landscape since the 1980s to the present day. Through a selection of works largely unpublished, spanning four decades of activity, the exhibition conveys the continuity and distinctiveness of Castella’s research, examining the processes of transformation of territory and visual memory.
A central figure in contemporary Italian photography, Vincenzo Castella (Naples, 1952) established himself on the international scene in the 1980s, emerging within the context of the landmark 1984 exhibition Viaggio in Italia. Within this framework, his research took shape as an articulated territorial investigation, developed through a progressive expansion of his fields of interest. Images of urban landscapes — including the well-known “coral” city portraits, begun in 1998 — alternate with views of industrial scenes, as in the series of vertical photographs taken in Italy and displayed on the first floor.
Admission is free upon confirmation via email to events@building-gallery.com