Daniele Ratti – Terrasanta

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Daniele Ratti TERRASANTA A journey freely inspired by the legend of a pilgrim prince

Vernissage : Open Afternoon Thursday 10 February 2022 from 3 pm
11 February – 26 March 2022

Sicily of the nineteenth century, Don Ferdinando Monroy, Prince of Pandolfina and Count of Ranchibile. wants to reach the Holy Land (TERRASANTA) on foot despite the decision not to leave Palermo. Having made the exact count of the kilometers that separate him from Jerusalem, he then decides to cover the same distance by walking in circles in the garden of his house for a year and a half.

Daniele Ratti, fascinated by the figure of this nobleman and by the artistic encounter with the watercolors of Antonio Monroy (last descendant of the Sicilian nobleman), decides to retrace the distances of the surreal journey through a visual itinerary lasting 24 hours.

Moving at the slow pace of a day, within the walls of the ancient Villa Trabia in the center of Palermo, he immerses himself and documents a journey that has nature as its protagonist.

Constantinople, Nazareth, the Holy Sepulcher become imaginary stops told through the vegetation of majestic Ficus Benjamina, prickly pear blades, holm oaks, acacias, agaves, a labyrinth of acanthus hedges, tropical plants and a vast range of palm trees.

Maria Chiara Di Trapani writes:

The flora always appears different and luxuriant.
The camera lens now follows the intertwining labyrinth of climbing hedges that alternate with flowering trees and a wide range of palms and tropical plants.
The bright green tones in Narareth give way to shady and meditative places.
We advance with eyes full of amazement among shadows, rays of light that stand out clearly and impenetrable chiaroscuro.
The trunks of the trees arch in supple gestures as we are left with our nose turned to the sky to follow the evening sway of the tall palm trees moved by the wind.
There is time to pause and meditate under the centuries-old columns of a ficus magnolioides in Alexandroupolis, before continuing on to the city of Aleppo, which appears through a shattered glass winter garden.
A premonition. An image that painfully brings us back to Beirut wounded by the summer explosion in July 2020.
We arrive at the Holy Sepulcher. The slow pace of this journey fades with this glimpse of the contemporary world. Our eyes reopen.
Dream and vision become catharsis.

Technical Information:
Fine At Prints, DiBond anad frame
Cm 40x60 –Edition of 5 + 1a.p.
Cm 80x120 –Edition of 3 + 1a.p.
The exhibition is accompanied by the artist book Daniele Ratti TERRASANTA Viaggio liberamente ispirato dalla leggenda di un principe pellegrino – Ed AT Torino 221

Bio

Daniele Ratti was born in Milan in 1974, he lives and works in Turin.

After graduating in Architecture at the Polytechnic of Turin,he becomes a professional photographer in 2000. The first solo show dates back to 2004 and since then his artistic career has been flanked by other curatorial activities, including the artistic direction of “Paratissima ”, the exhibition that has been held every year in Turin since 2006.
Some of his works are currently found in the permanent collections of the PAN in Naples, the Bartoli Felter Foundation in Cagliari and numerous private collections.
From 2013 he embarked on a project that took him to the former Italian colonies in Africa and overseas, and ended with two exhibitions, one at Expo 2015 in Milan and the second at Lugano at the Consulate General of Italy.
There are many collaborations since 2015 with some editorial publications, INTERNAZIONALE, and photography festivals such as CORTONAONTHEMOVE.

Solo Exhibitions

2021
“terrasanta”, orto botanico di Palermo, a cura di Maria Chiara di Trapani
“fragile”, Genova , esposizione diffusa in città, a cura dell’ordine architetti di Genova
“silenzio in sala a tempo di Musica” via Dante milano, a cura dell’associazionee Amur
2020
“ma noi Ricostruiremo” , Galleria d’Italia , Milano a Cura di Mario Calabresi
2017
"ON" fotografie del sito architettonico in tripoli di Oscar Neimayer, con Luisa Porta, Torino, Davide Paludetto art Gallery
"Labbra fuori fuoco" , ritratti di labbra sensuali e fuori fuoco per FISH AND CHIP erotic festival, Torino
2016
"Geografie" un progetto fotografico, artistico e letterario con Enrico T. Deparis ed Enrico Remmert
2013
"Eritalia " una ricostruzione fotografica dell'architettura razionale italiana nelle ex colonie d'oltremare
2011
"strade bianche"da un racconto di Enrico Remmert una trasposizione in foto di Daniele Ratti
"che dire che fare che pensare?" banca reale mutua , Torino
"cavour" Carrara, museo
“Cavour” Torino, Teatro Regio
2010
“Trapassare?” Torino, Tonin Art Gallery
“Materica” Torino, Novalis FineArts,
2004
“Accensione” Torino, Spazio Espositivo Alcoll

Group Exhibitions

2020
“covid 19 visual project” “ next stop”. Cortona on the Move, curato da Arianna Rinaldo
2018
“ Animali notturni “ , Paratissima Bologna, presso la sede dello IAAD
“ Utopia Rurale” presentazione ,con Luisa Porta, Eglise Art, Palermo
“ Creativamente Roero , DT1“ , con Saverio Todaro, Simone Martinetto, Guarene, a cura di Patrizia Rossello
“..come se il tempo non finisse mai” con Luisa Porta, here3, Torino , Cavallerizza
“Animali Notturni” Paratissima Bologna , presso Iaad
2017
"36littlegoodthings", Cortonaonthemove, Toscana
2016
"Deposito d'arte 01", presso Poppi, Toscana , a cura di Alessandro Stillo
"Interpretazioni" , parco d'arte quarelli , luglio 2016, Roccaverano
2015
"Eritalia", presso Expo Milano, cascina Triulza
"Deposito d'arte 00" , presso Poppi , Toscana , a cura di Alessandro Stillo
"Rewind rewild" studio di avvocati rossi ed associati , Torino giugno 2015, a cura di Francesca Canfora
2014
" Eritalia ", consolato generale d'Italia Lugano, con Bruna Biamino
" destinazione d'uso" , castello di Rivara, a cura di Francesca Canfora
2012
"bam" , biennale fotografia piemontese ottobre 2012
"mad" vieste ,settembre 2012, selezionato tra gli 8 finalisti per la fotografia
2011
"sun soul various" a cura di Paratissima , presso Marco Rossi associati
“KM011” a cura di Luca Beatrice, Torino, Museo di Scienze Naturali,
“150 anni dopo” a cura di Patrizia Fischer, Torino,
2010
“About the City ", a cura di Alessandra Menesini, Cagliari, Fondazione Bartoli Felter
“Paratissima 6 " Torino
2009
“Libera”, San Sebastiano Po
“Paratissima 5.2” Torino
2008
“Finzioni” , a cura di Luca Beatrice, Torino
“Riciclo”, Cagliari, Fondazione Bartoli Felter
“011” Torino, OGR (Officine Grandi Riparazioni)
“Paratissima 4 “, Torino
2007
“Velivolo” con Lorenza Capitanio, Milano, Livingluce
“War or Words” Cagliari, Fondazione Bartoli Felter,
“ParatIIIssima” Torino, Carceri Le Nuove
“Che Scatto”, Torino, Assessorato alla cultura , a cura di Francesco Poli

Bibliografia

“Titolo Articolo” in Actingout n° 3, 2006
Autore di
Reportage fotografico sul Mali, in “Il Fotografo” n° X, 2005
Autore di
“Io non lo so?” editore, Torino, 2009
Autore di
“Ma io lo so?” Editore, Torino, 2010
Autore di
“Cavour?” Allemandi,Torino, 2011,
Autore di
"Tiroir " Torino e viceversa, Spacenomore editore ,2016
“On”, davide Paludetto arte contemporanea, Parini editore ,2017
“Eritrea”, Spacenomore edizioni, 2018
“Come se il tempo non finisse mai” Spacenomore edizioni, 2018
“ Utopia Rurale”, Suq magazine , Augusta , 2018
“terrasanta”, at edizioni, Torino 2021