NOVECENTO by Raffaello Bassotto

Officina Antiquaria presents NOVECENTO the illustrated century by Raffaello Bassotto, a poet photographer born in Verona in 1946, friend of Luigi Ghirri and Gabriele Basilico. Some of his most iconic photos, cherished objects of the past with their layers of memories. And his original works on paper, drawings and collages. Fruit of a new aesthetic germination, rooted in the fertile humus of the artistic currents of the 20th century: dadaism, surrealism, Pop art and conceptual art. Reckless combinations, poetic contaminations, gentle homages which create curious rebuses, enigmatic time capsules. His refined vision includes everything. Hints, tricks, allusions, souvenirs, great truths. We figure out where we come from. Which is absolutely essential to understanding where it is best to go.