Exhibition entitled "Italy. From the Alinari brothers to the masters of modern photography” was opened on Wednesday at the Museum of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan. The exhibition is organized by the Italian Embassy in Ashgabat together with the Ministry of Culture of Turkmenistan.
The Minister of Culture of Turkmenistan Atageldi Shamuradov and the Ambassador of Italy Luigi Ferrari took part in the opening ceremony of the exhibition, the museum's official website reports.
Exhibition “Italy. From the Alinari brothers to the masters of contemporary photography” introduces the viewer to the unique diversity of the Apennine Peninsula. Visitors to the exhibition will see a kaleidoscope of images over the past century and a half, made up of the work of more than 75 photographers. Among them are names already included in the history of photography, such as the Alinari brothers, Giorgio Roster, Giovanni Crupi, Vittorio Sella, as well as contemporary authors: Franco Fontana, Paolo Spigariol, Gabriele Basilico, Antonio Biasiucci. Diverse perspectives, techniques and subjects come together in an extraordinary visual storytelling that brings out the links between historical and contemporary photography.
The exposition was created from three sections: "Landscape", "Works" and "Persons". Each of them is a historical, geographical and art journey, in which you can discover Italy in a new way through the example of bright thematic pairs, such as North and South, city and countryside, work and leisure, traditions and innovations, social history and cultural life.
In total, viewers will see more than 120 works.
The exhibition will run until May 31, 2023. The Museum of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan is open daily from 9:00 to 18:00, except Tuesday. Address: st. 2002 (Alisher Navoi), building 88.
