A journey into the world of Claudio Abate, a human and artistic portrait of the photographer presented to the public for the first time.
Rome, the 1960s and 1970s: amidst performances, happenings, installations and visual utopias, the language of Arte Povera was taking shape. Claudio Abate, a photographer capable of transforming every shot into a narrative, captured that period of ferment with a sober, poetic and radically original eye.
Through unseen archive material, personal photographs and Super 8 footage, this documentary constructs a human and artistic portrait of the photographer: from the Rome of cultural cafés and pioneering galleries to the most extreme visual experimentation, Abate reveals himself not only as a witness to an era, but as its essential interpreter and silent co-author of a visual aesthetic that has left its mark on contemporary art.
introduction
Francesco Stocchi MAXXI Artistic Director
speakers
Giulia Abate e Riccardo Abate Head of Archivio Claudio Abate
Gabriella Buontempo film producer
Manuela Cacciamani Cinecittà CEO
Pappi Corsicato film director
In collaboration with Clemart SRL, Rai Cultura, Archivio Claudio Abate and Cinecittà Luce. The film was produced with funding from the Ministry of Culture’s Fund for Investment in Cinema and Audiovisual Production.
individual seats reserved for myMAXXI cardholders by writing to mymaxxi@fondazionemaxxi.it, by the day before the event
A journey into the world of Claudio Abate, a human and artistic portrait of the photographer presented to the public for the first time.
Rome, the 1960s and 1970s: amidst performances, happenings, installations and visual utopias, the language of Arte Povera was taking shape. Claudio Abate, a photographer capable of transforming every shot into a narrative, captured that period of ferment with a sober, poetic and radically original eye.
Through unseen archive material, personal photographs and Super 8 footage, this documentary constructs a human and artistic portrait of the photographer: from the Rome of cultural cafés and pioneering galleries to the most extreme visual experimentation, Abate reveals himself not only as a witness to an era, but as its essential interpreter and silent co-author of a visual aesthetic that has left its mark on contemporary art.
introduction
Francesco Stocchi MAXXI Artistic Director
speakers
Giulia Abate e Riccardo Abate Head of Archivio Claudio Abate
Gabriella Buontempo film producer
Manuela Cacciamani Cinecittà CEO
Pappi Corsicato film director
In collaboration with Clemart SRL, Rai Cultura, Archivio Claudio Abate and Cinecittà Luce. The film was produced with funding from the Ministry of Culture’s Fund for Investment in Cinema and Audiovisual Production.
individual seats reserved for myMAXXI cardholders by writing to mymaxxi@fondazionemaxxi.it, by the day before the event