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Cinematic Pictures

Posted on January 09 2025

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CINEMATIC PICTURES │ 13 December 2024 - 23 January, 2025 Millepiani, Rome
Event curated by LoosenArt
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Text by Silvia Colombo
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Cinematic Pictures is a collective exhibition that delves into the interplay and tension between cinema and photography. Here, the photographic medium transcends its inherent stillness to adopt a cinematic essence, marked by a strong inclination toward narrative storytelling.
This shift often incorporates human figures into the photographic frame, depicted in the midst of specific actions. Consequently, the viewer assumes a dual role: as both a silent observer and an imaginary director, tasked with envisioning what might have occurred before or what could unfold after the moment captured. This dynamic is guided by the artists’ deliberate choices in settings, characters, and details presented within their works.
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Iryna Kabysh, Fruitfulness, 2024
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The power of these images lies in their evocative nature, sparking a continuous flow of questions and reflections. As we engage with them, we find ourselves pondering the faces, actions, and objects within each scene: What are these people doing? What emotions is that woman feeling? Why does the mirror reflect no one? Is she waiting for someone? What thoughts occupy the minds of those men?
Beyond storytelling, many works in the exhibition pay homage to cinematic culture. This homage is expressed through explicit or subtle references and technical elements such as black-and-white imagery, specific framing, or compositions evocative of filmic language.
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Mariya Shamina, Russian Silence Longing, 2022
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Time—past, present, and future—interweaves with memory, drawing us back to our most cherished places through the act of recollection. As we navigate the exhibition, it becomes evident that much of the artistic exploration undertaken by the exhibiting artists originates from deeply personal experiences. Yet, through the fusion of photographic and cinematic media, these individual experiences are transformed into universal narratives. These media act as amplifiers, lending resonance to the depicted events and the emotions they elicit.
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Ultimately, Cinematic Pictures invites viewers on an immersive journey where images transform into stories and memories, merging photography and cinema to create profound emotional and narrative worlds. It is a celebration of art’s power to transform individual perspectives into shared narratives, bridging personal experiences with collective imagination.
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Mariya Shamina, Russian Silence Longing, 2022
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Andrei Haurylenka, Manya, 2015
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Cinematic Pictures Exhibition Catalog │Buy it
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Katerina Kovachova, Fade to Black, 2020
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Jason Tannen, Chicken Steak Seafood; Witness, 1987
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Mehrdad Oskouei, Echos in the Mist; Suspended Dream, 2023
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Riki Nihongi, Look at You, 2024
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Cinematic Pictures Exhibition Catalog │Buy it

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CINEMATIC PICTURES
13 December 2024 - 23 January, 2025 
Millepiani - Via N. Odero,13, Rome - IT
linfo@millepiani.eu
+39 06.888.17.620

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