Alessandro Vicario – Impressions 1999–2025

La mostra riunisce una selezione di opere appartenenti a diverse serie fotografiche realizzate tra il 1999 e il 2025, restituendo i nuclei centrali della ricerca dell’artista sui temi della memoria, della traccia e degli spazi dell’abitare.

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Impressions 1999–2025, a solo exhibition by Alessandro Vicario curated by Alberto Mazzacchera, opens on Saturday 16 May at the Falegnameria of Palazzo Mosca in Pesaro. Conceived as a photographic reflection on the traces of time, the spaces of dwelling, and the ways in which memory becomes inscribed in things, the exhibition is realised in collaboration with the MUNAF – Museo Nazionale di Fotografia, Milan–Cinisello Balsamo.
Bringing together works from different photographic series produced between 1999 and 2025, the exhibition offers a concentrated view of Vicario’s research into memory, trace, and the spaces of dwelling. Walls, domestic surfaces, shutters, everyday objects, and natural details become the focus of a sustained observation attentive to the marks left by time. Traces of use, stratifications, and subtle material variations emerge as quiet presences, transforming fragments of reality into images of intense visual concentration and perceptual depth.
The title Impressions points to the dual nature of the image: as imprint — a physical trace impressed upon things — and as impression — a perceptual experience shaped by looking. In Vicario’s work, the idea of dwelling extends beyond the domestic sphere. In the series Mappe arboree, devoted to the surfaces of tree bark, the artist evokes the earth as a shared and expanded habitation. By contrast, the work from the series Die Berliner Mauer introduces a reflection on the public and historical space of collective life, recalling the division of Berlin and the memory of a shared home split in two.
Alongside the exhibition, Impressions of Faces, realised in collaboration with the Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema di Pesaro, presents a photographic and film-based performance dedicated to portraiture and the singularity of each face. The exhibition is accompanied by a bilingual Italian/English catalogue published by ELR Edizioni Le Ricerche, with texts by Gigliola Foschi and Alberto Mazzacchera.