Bernard Plossu / Italia Discreta

If Plossu is famous for his pictures using black and white almost exclusively from 1965, he was able to experiment with color during his travels through a particular pigmentary process, the Fresson print, discovered in 1967. These matt charcoal prints , known around the world, give a grainy, soft and almost powdery finish to his photographs. This magnificent set will be compared with around sixty wash drawings, watercolours, different views of the city of Rome and its surroundings produced by the emblematic painter of the city of Aix, François-Marius Granet (1775-1849) in the first half of the 19th century. The two artists indeed share the same favorite subjects, this same interest for the Eternal City and Italy, for its alleys steeped in history, culture, memory, these landscapes suspended in time, urban or natural, marked by loneliness.

Published by Filigranes editions
French

25 x 30 cm
192 pages
2022