Valerio Tazzetti ha iniziato a metà degli anni ‘80 la propria attività nella fotografia contemporanea, inizialmente come autore e successivamente come curatore ed organizzatore di eventi espositivi.
Nel 1996 ha inaugurato a Torino la galleria PHOTO & CONTEMPORARY. Prevalentemente dedicata alla fotografia internazionale di ricerca (tra le altre, esposizioni di Hiroshi Sugimoto, Georges Rousse, Karen Knorr, Vik Muniz, Tracey Moffatt, Jürgen Klauke, Nils-Udo, Thomas Wrede, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Gabriele Basilico, Franco Fontana, Mimmo e Francesco Jodice, Luigi Ghirri, Maïmouna Guerresi, Beatrice Pediconi, Silvio Wolf etc.) la galleria ha successivamente ampliato il proprio programma espositivo, includendo pittura, installazioni e video, esponendo maestri internazionali quali Andy Warhol, Bruce Nauman, Ed Ruscha, Emil Lukas, Alighiero Boetti, Antonio Calderara, Franco Grignani etc. Photo&Contemporary collabora regolarmente con istituzioni museali nazionali ed internazionali, collezioni pubbliche ed aziendali.
Sin dalla fondazione, la galleria ha sempre partecipato ad importanti fiere internazionali: Art Basel (1997-2003), FIAC, ArtBrussels, Parisphoto e ad alcune delle principali fiere italiane quali Artissima, Artefiera; negli ultime 2 anni ha partecipato a Flashback e MIA.
ARTISTI ATTUALMENTE RAPPRESENTATI : Pablo BALBONTIN, Gabriele BASILICO, Nicola BOLLA, Francesco BOSSO, Franco FONTANA, Giovanni GASTEL, Béatrice HELG, Jürgen KLAUKE, Angela LO PRIORE, Emil LUKAS, Hiroyuki MASUYAMA, Arno Rafael MINKKINEN, Beatrice PEDICONI, Pietro PRIVITERA, NILS-UDO, Georges ROUSSE, Filippo di SAMBUY, Maurizio VETRUGNO, Silvio WOLF, Thomas WREDE
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Valerio Tazzetti began his activity in the second half of the 80’s as a fine art photographer, subsequently he became curator and organizer of art events and exhibitions .
Photo&Contemporary Art Gallery was founded in 1996, and it is specialized in visual artists, with a special focus on “staged photography”.
One of our goals is to spread in Italy a large view of the international development of fine art photography, but we also want to promote Italian artists abroad.
Our gallery organizes one-man/group shows, public exhibitions, workshops and lectures; indeed we worked closely with cultural institutions as: British Council, Goethe Institut, Centre Culturel Français, La Biennale di Venezia, Canadian Embassy, Italian contemporary art museums and private collections.
We are also involved in important art projects as consultants and advisors for corporate collections including: Unicredit Bank, UBS Italy, Ersel Sim, Tosetti Value Sim, AXA Belgium, EIB Luxembourg, JPM Italy. In addition Photo & Contemporary collaborates also with editors to realise artist’s books, catalogues and covers.
Since the beginning our gallery is devoted to the photograpic international masters ( from 1996 we exhibited : Hiroshi Sugimoto, Georges Rousse, Karen Knorr, Vik Muniz, Tracey Moffatt, Jürgen Klauke, Tina Barney, Nils-Udo, Elger Esser,Thomas Wrede, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Gabriele Basilico, Franco Fontana,Luigi Ghirri, Mimmo e Francesco Jodice, Giovanni Gastel etc. ) the gallery has also organised one-man shows of Andy Warhol, Bruce Nauman, Ed Ruscha, Emil Lukas, Alighiero Boetti, Antonio Calderara, Franco Grignani and group-shows of the Neo-Geo and Modernism painters (Homage to the Square).
We regularly participate to International and Italian Fairs ( Art Basel from1997 to 2003, FIAC, ParisPhoto, Art Brussels, Artefiera, Artissima, MIA,Flashback…).
Via dei Mille 36 – 10123 Torino (TO)
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