DAPRILE Carmine Mauro

Mattettunin

Italie

2011Carte blanche e Laura Sérani

« Le travail de Daprile se réfère à la photographie de plateau, un genre devenu très populaire au milieu des années 80 (bien qu’on puisse remonter aux mises en scène surréalistes et dadaïstes de l’avant-garde), et qui se nourrit de la fiction et pas de réalités existantes. Avec pourtant un élément distinctif. Les cosplayers qu’il photographie sont des personnages qui ont été habillés, maquillés et mis en place non pas par l’auteur mais par les modèles eux-mêmes. Ils se présentent devant lui déjà prêts. En retour, l’environnement, qui lui, est réel, apparaît comme ayant
aussi été inventé. » (Roberta Valtorta, Extrait du livre « Mattetunin » éditions Libri Aparte)

à propos de l'artiste

Carmine Mauro Daprile (Bergamo, 1974) lives and works in Milan and Paris.
In 2004 he specialized in Theory and Language of Contemporary Photography at the Centro Bauer in Milan. After devoting a number of years to theatre and doing coursework at the Department of the Arts at the University of Milan, in 1998 he turned to the visual investigation of views and identity, chiefly using pinholes. In 2004 he began to probe the theme of identity, initially photographing the objects, spaces and gestures of people who live alone, and he recently developed this topic by studying the alternative world of cosplayers. He gained recognition when he was cited as an “outstanding author” in the volume published for the 2008 Photography
Prize awarded by the Associazione Italiana Fotografi Professionisti – TauVisual. From 2004 to 2009 he taught in Miro Zagnoli’s photography course at the University Institute of Architecture in Venice.

His works have been published in Interni, Sportweek, Domus, Abitare, Habitus, GQ and Zero.

Bibliography

AA. VV., ITALIAN EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHY, exhibition catalogue by Laura Serani.
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Paris 2010.

AA. VV., VERSUS XVI, exhibition catalogue by Alessandro Trabucco. Velan, Torino 2010.

Carmine Mauro Daprile, MATTETTUNIN , essays by Andrea Lissoni, Matteo Stefanelli, Roberta Valtorta. Libriaparte, Bergamo 2010.

Carmine Mauro Daprile, Untitled 2006–2008, exhibition catalogue by Roberta Valtorta. Magnolia Edizioni, Bergamo 2009.

Prizes and exhibitions

2010 : Italian Emerging Photography, Istituto Italiano di Cultura de Paris in collaboration with the Maison Europeen de la Photographie, pour le Mois de la Photo à Paris (presentation and projection of the works, with catalogue), curated by Laura Serani.

2010 : Versus XVI, Velan Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin (collective exhibition with catalogue), curated by Alessandro Trabucco.

In 2009 : He was selected by the Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea to create a series of images for the interior design of the Falck Village Hotel in Sesto San Giovanni-Milan (part of the Best Western chain).

2009 : Untitled 2006–2008, Galleria Manzoni, Bergamo (solo show with catalogue).

2005 : Click-a-porter , headquarters of the CLASS Editori Group, Milan (collective show with publication).

2004 : Tempo, Centro Bauer, Milan (collective exhibition).

2003 : Olona, Centro Bauer, Milan (collective exhibition).

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