“Montepulciano site specific”

Born in Milan in 1944, Gabriele Basilico was an Italian photographer who defined himself as "a measurer of space". He originally studied to become an architect before starting his career in photography. His initial works focused on traditional landscape photography, but he later shifted his focus to architectural photography due to the influence of his previous studies in architecture. He achieved international fame in 1982 with his photographic report on the industrial areas of Milan, "Ritratti di Fabbriche, Sugarco".In the mid 1980s he was part of a group of photographers commissioned by the French Government to document the transformation of the Transalpine landscape, while in 1991 his photographs helped to document the effects of war on the Lebanese capital of Beirut with the work "Beirut 1991".He was awarded at the 1996 Venice Biennale. His last public work was showcased in December 2012, at the inauguration of a new square in Milan. He died in 2013.The majority of Basilico's work was done using a traditional viewfinder camera and black and white film.

Icario and the Town Council Administration were both committed to help Montepulciano promotion, develop its culture and environmental resources, create an interest in less explored field of art. In ‘Montepulciano site specific’, it is showed how the town is not simply the ‘cradle’ or the setting for works of art, but also the subject matter and protagonist. Basilico’s pictures portrait each corner, building, road, site of this beautiful hilltown, collecting them together in a well-structured event with a perfect combination of art and architecture, representing also a new awareness of the surrounding environment to deliver to new generation.

GABRIELE BASILICO

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