Max Giannotta
Collective Exhibition
July 7 - July 27, 2012
Reception:
Thursday July 12, 2012 6-8 PM
Press Release
As he creates scenes of pastoral life and natural beauty, Max Giannotta brings together modern technology with a traditional grace and aesthetic. In his digital prints on canvas Giannotta captures the spirit and essence of rural life, depicting the fields, flowers and inhabitants of his home in the Italian countryside. A veteran photographer for many years, the artist developed his painterly style of digital manipulation during a long break from work following a serious car accident. Using the computer as a tool to distill his images to their underlying characteristics, Giannotta focuses on the pure color, light, and texture of his compositions, abandoning detail as he focuses on the root of his forms with an elegant softness inspired by the works of Monet and Frank Weston Benson.
Born in Vercelli, Italy, a small, provincial town where he still lives and works as a professional photographer, Giannotta has seen his works receive widespread exposure both in fine arts exhibits and through his career as a freelance photojournalist for newspapers and in collaboration with an arts magazine.
Artist Statement
After collaborating with an art magazine, I began to realize my inner passion for fine art photography. I started to photograph in a naturalistic style, creating artistic portraits using a variety of techniques. During a difficult period of my life, following a serious car accident, I didn't work for several months, and during that time I discovered "digital painting." That was when I began to transform my photographs partially, in the same ways artists use various techniques and styles when they paint, while leaving some details of real photography in the works. The fusion of photography with painting brings two worlds and two art forms together, working towards a common goal, each contributing their own element to the emotions visible in the results.
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