Rome, November 9 (askanews) – Fifteen months after the passing of Gianni Berengo Gardin on August 6, 2025, the Mart in Rovereto is dedicating an exceptional retrospective to the great photographer, reversing the usual perspective on his work. Curated by Micol Forti, Gabriele Lorenzoni, and Alessandra Mauro, the exhibition "Worlds to Live in" explores not only the celebrated social commentary of the twentieth century, but also the rigorous and fascinating geometric framework that underpins each of his shots.
Gabriele Lorenzoni, curator of the exhibition "Worlds to Live in," said: "Gianni Berengo Gardin's work is characterized by a very strong political and social sensitivity, always with an eye on the less fortunate. For him, photography means documenting the changes that are underway and that start from the simplest strata of society." At the heart of the exhibition is the architectural vocation of an artist capable of interpreting the city as a living organism, in which the volume of buildings and urban geometries engage in an inextricable dialogue with the human factor. The comment of the Director of the Mart, Micol Forti: "The Mart addresses the dialogue that this extraordinary protagonist of Italian photography had with architecture as a space of relation, because at the center of his photography there is always man, his life and his life in community, in collectivity." In closing, Alessandra Mauro, Editorial Director of Contrasto: "The center of this exhibition by Gianni Berengo Gardin is truly the dialogue between man and the environment through photography and through architecture.
Ultimately, throughout his long life, Berengo Gardin always observed humanity, his fellow men, Italians, the way we live, the places we live in." The exhibition "Worlds to Inhabit" will remain open to the public at the Mart in Rovereto, offering a unique opportunity to reinterpret Berengo Gardin's career through the indissoluble link between urban space and human presence.
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