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Massimo Scognamiglio. Between perfect image and wounded matter
Painting and photography meet around portraiture, fashion and identity, from torn magazine works to Tales of Humans in a Landscape.
In brief
Massimo Scognamiglio moves between painting, photography and moving image. Portraiture, fashion, the body and public identity are recurring fields rather than fixed styles.
Polished images are interrupted by tearing, overpainting, montage and the instability of memory.
A practice across languages
The Strappi begin with fashion pages and turn their controlled surfaces into physical and psychological fractures. The Rooms cycle places figures inside spaces that behave like states of mind.
Tales of Humans in a Landscape combines portrait and landscape as analog diptychs, asking how identity changes when it is placed beside an environment.
Look before price
Read each work through its series, medium, date and exhibition history. Market accessibility may offer an entry point, but the reason to choose remains the research and the work itself.
Sources and further reading
Sources allow readers to verify and explore. Official artist links are part of the feature, not an appendix.