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Medium: Plastic
Santa Maria al Bagno diptych - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (framed)
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photography diptych by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and ritua...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen,...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
''Lukah 4'' Dutch Contemporary Portrait of Boy in Chinese Costume with Lizard
Located in Utrecht, NL
Passionate, sensitive and an eye for detail, light and color, this is the working method of Dutch photographer Ursula van de Bunte (1969). She is a perfectionist, enthusiastic and di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass
Porto Miggiano (framed) - large scale photograph of Italian Mediterranean beach
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of iconic summer beach scene in Southern Italy's Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...
Breathe # 202503 (Abstract photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Edition: 1/3
Work can be hung with either the WallCleat system (support bar supplied) or the screw-eye system if it needs support from wire or above.
Available in 4-5 weeks turnaro...
Category
2010s Abstract Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
IRIS I - unique abstraction of colors in circular glass frame (45" diameter)
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a mesmerizing sea of blue, green and ocre color tones
from an ongoing photography project since the late 1990s, capturing the details of the human iris and a pupil's unique abstractions
Iris I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photographic Film
IRIS II - unique abstraction of colors in circular glass frame (45" diameter)
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a mesmerizing sea of dark green and brown tones
from an ongoing photography project since the late 1990s, capturing the details of the human eye and a pupil's unique abstractions
Ir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Acrylic, Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
To Rise Again 2/2 - sunset orange, tondo, laser cut design, mirror wall relief
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A black, white and glowing orange pigment print of the sun rising through clouds is perforated with a brilliant orange geometric design in this tondo by Ryan Van Der Hout. The precis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Mirror, Plexiglass, Pigment
Palm Bay Club
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA, circa 1965
Slim Aarons
Palm Bay Club
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Num...
Category
1960s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Arbore-6
Located in Miami, FL
Archival photo print under museum acrylic.
Dimensions: 48 x 48 in.
Depth: 1/4 in.
Edition of 5
Signed and numbered by the artist.
Montreal-based artist and photographer Paul-Émil...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Porto Miggiano Colony - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of iconic summer beach scene in Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Porto Miggiano...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Carcavelos Pier Paddle (framed) - large scale photograph of summer beach scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of a summer beach scene along Portugal's Atlantic coast by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Carcavelos Pier Paddle (2016)
61.25” x 81.68” / 155.60 cm x 207.46 cm
limited edition of 6 + 2AP (signed, titled and dated on certificate of authenticity)
original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white lacquered gallery frame
Each limited edition original Massimo Vitali photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility
Disclaimer of authenticity:
although it is possible to acquire (small size) single page offset prints from the book "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" (published by Steidl) in the secondary market, the artist studio strongly dissuades collectors from purchasing these single page prints outside of the context and authenticity of the complete portfolio.
About the artist:
Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944.
He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality led to a change in his career path.
Vitali worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995.
Over the next two decades, he would gain recognition for his highly detailed, epic-scale panoramas — sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. Vitali’s iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large-format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy.
Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization.
Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and Entering A New World.
Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato.
Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany).
__________________________
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
'PienoVuoto'
Forte di Belvedere, Florence
2020
'Human Constellations'
Museo Ettore Fico, Turin
2019
Massimo Vitali: Short Stories'
Mazzoleni, London
2018
'Coastal Colonies'
Spiral, Tokyo
2017
‘Disturbed Coastal Systems’
Benrubi Gallery (New York, USA)
2016
‘Landscapes with Figures’
Guido & Schoen Arte Contemponania (Genoa, Italy)
2016
‘Massimo Vitali’
Crown Gallery (Knokke-Zoute, Belgium)
2016
‘Massimo Vitali’
Ronchini Gallery (London, UK)
2015
‘New Prints’
Hilger Next (Vienna, Austria)
2014
‘Massimo Vitali’
Studio La Citta (Verona, Italy)
2014
‘Into The White’
Erich Lindenberg Art Foundation (Porza, Switzerland)
2014
‘Sempre più pallide. Towards Achrome’
Palazzo Tadea (Spilimbergo, Italy)
2013
‘Between Normalities’
Bonni Benrubi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Bleed # 202390 (Abstract Photography)
By Paul Snell
Located in London, GB
Bleed # 202390 (Abstract Photography)
Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 3mm Matte Plexiglas - Unframed.
Backed with Dibond and C-channel hanging system + keyhole option.
Edition: 1/3...
Category
2010s Abstract Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Plage des Catalans (framed) - large scale photograph of Mediterranean beach
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Cote d'Azur beach by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Plage des Catalans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Monopoli Sunrise (framed) - large scale photo of Mediterranean beach ritual
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Puglia ritual by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern lei...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...
Futuro (framed) - iconic midcentury futurist architectural design in wilderness
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Iconic futuristic architectural design of midcentury prefab "Futuro" in Great Tetons Yellowstone landscape, designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass, Giclée
Les Fleurs à la Manière de Redon #7: Anemones, circa 1998, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Les Fleurs à la Manière de Redon #7: Anemones
Year: 1998
Medium: Oil on masonite
Size: 16 x 13.5 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ia...
Category
1990s Photorealist Plastic Photography
Materials
Masonite, Oil, ABS
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Elegant Black and White Nude Woman Photography - Wall Art for Sale
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Explore our collection of elegant black and white nude woman photography, capturing the beauty of the human form. Perfect as wall art for modern...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Foam, Paper, Photographic Paper
Beach Time I - color beach photography
By Igal Pardo
Located in New York, NY
In his beach series, Pardo is taking the viewers into a journey. A journey that goes on the line between surreal and real. His photos, straight shots that he manipulates, are sometim...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
$5,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Equestrian Beauty #9 (Photography, Horse Portrait)
Located in New York City, NY
60 x 40 inches
Archival Pigment Print
Mounted and Framed - Black Matt Frame.
Frame Profile 0.75 x 2 inches (see images)
Non-glare
Large-scale photograph from the Equine Beauty serie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Cindy Sherman Vinyl Record Art
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Cindy Sherman Vinyl Record Art 2007:
Off-set print on vinyl record.
12 x 12 inches.
Excellent Condition.
Published by Visionaire Fashion from a limited ed...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Plastic Photography
Materials
Plastic, Offset
Stefanie Schneider Minis - The Party's over -based on a Polaroid, Radha Mitchell
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis
Party's over (Oxana's 30th Birthday), 2008
featuring Radha Mitchell
Signed and signature brand on verso.
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on a Polar...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
TooLess 5680, Nude. Color Photograph Mounted on Museum Plexiglass
By Koray Erkaya
Located in Miami Beach, FL
TooLess 3D versions of the photographs of the TooLess series create a miss perception of the human brain. The first layer of the photo texture is formed by very small black and white...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
C Print, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass
Coney Es (artist framed) - large format photograph of iconic New York beach
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the summer rites and rituals of modern leisure
Coney Es...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper
"Milich'sche Library I, Görlitz", photography by Reinhard Görner, 2016
Located in Paris, France
Photograph of the Milich'sche Libary I in Germany by Reinhard Görner.
Fine Art Lightjet Print, mounted on aluminum, plexiglass or resin. Two weeks manufacturing time, then shipping ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Color, Digital Pigment, Plexiglass
Ophelia by Hans Withoos
By Hans Withoos
Located in New York City, NY
Fine art inkjet print on special paper rag
Ask us for framing options
Hans Withoos career spans more than twenty years worldwide. After graduating from the Art Academy. He specializ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Madonna di Pietraquaria
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The photograph titled "Madonna di Pietraquaria" captures a poignant portrait of a centuries-old carved wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, deeply rooted in the traditions of Baroque an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Baroque Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Mixed Media
Porto Miggiano - large scale photograph of Mediterranean beach (artist framed)
Located in San Francisco, CA
rare vertical work featuring iconic summer beach scene in Puglia by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the summer rites and rituals of modern leisure
Porto Miggiano...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Israel SQ WB
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This bookscape is a compilation of books about Judiasm and was inspired by the artist's love for Israel.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Paper
Delftware with frozen flowers by Hans Withoos
By Hans Withoos
Located in New York City, NY
Fine art inkjet print on special paper rag
Ask us for framing options
Hans Withoos career spans more than twenty years worldwide. After graduating from the Art Academy. He specializ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Can can dance by Hans Withoos
By Hans Withoos
Located in New York City, NY
Fine art inkjet print on special paper rag
Ask us for framing options
Hans Withoos career spans more than twenty years worldwide. After graduating from the Art Academy. He specializ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Flow II (framed) - epic scale photograph of abstract liquid water cloudscapes
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the body of works titled 'Flow'
Flow II by C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Plexiglass, Inkjet, Giclée
Orchid in black by Hans Withoos
By Hans Withoos
Located in New York City, NY
Fine art inkjet print on special paper rag
Ask us for framing options
Hans Withoos career spans more than twenty years worldwide. After graduating from the Art Academy. He specializ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
IRIS V - unique abstraction of colors in circular glass frame (45" diameter)
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a mesmerizing sea of abstract grey blue and aqua water color tones, from an ongoing photography project since the late 1990s, capturing the details of the human iris and a pupil's un...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographi...
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
NO. 7
Located in New York, NY
The photographs of the young Turkish artist Melissa Mizrakli focus on the human body, giving it a personal interpretation. In some of her black and white works she uses the human body only as a pictorial sign in order to create almost abstract works. First made anonymous, the female model is then cloned and circularly multiplied. The result is a kind of wheel in which the repeated human body gives birth to a new, seemingly vegetal or mineral structure. Thus, the human element seems to be transformed into different other natural species...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Cala Conta Evening - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format beach photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Cala Conta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Pan di Zucchero - large scale photo of Mediterranean beach scene (framed)
Located in San Francisco, CA
*temporary listing price reduction due to currency exchange rate
large format photograph by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Pan di Zucchero...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Wood, Archival Paper
Cloud Mural
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This grand mural unveils a mesmerizing Baroque-style etching that commands attention with its celestial drama. The expansive sky serves as a vast canvas, adorned with flowing circula...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Ink
Stefanie Schneider Minis - Runaway (Haley and the Birds)
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Stefanie Schneider's Minis
Runaway (Haley and the Birds) - 2013
signed and signature brand on verso
Lambda digital Color Photographs based on the Polaroid
Polaroid sized open Editi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Ponta dos Mosteiros Tuffo (framed) - large scale photo of black Azores beach
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of Azores beach by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...
IRIS IV - unique abstraction of colors in circular glass frame (45" diameter)
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a mesmerizing sea of light amber, emerald and aqua color tones, from an ongoing photography project since the late 1990s, capturing the details of the human iris and a pupil's unique...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographi...
Euphrosyne
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This captivating photograph portrays an aging statue of the enchanting and slumbering Euphrosyne, one of the three graces. Despite the inexorable passage of time and the gentle touch...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Ink
Hemisphere I (framed) - large photograph of abstract liquid cloudscapes in water
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale framed photography of mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from the body of works titled 'Hemisphere'
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
H2O l - large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic pool reflections paintings by artist David Hockney
H2O by Erik Pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Giclée, Ar...
Cala Conta Black Dog - large scale Mediterranean beach scene (artist framed)
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Cala Conta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Wood, Archival Paper
Seascape IV (Homage to Mark Rothko) - framed large format abstract photograph
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
From a series of large scale abstract photographs of muted color monochromatic water surfaces
SEASCAPE IV by Frank Schott
available in two edition sizes
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Giclée
Cerulean - nature, contemporary, abstracted landscape, photography on dibond
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The blurring of time and space captured in time-lapse photography while the photographer is in motion has resulted in a lined pale beach, cerulean water and a darker sapphire sky str...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
TooLess 4420 and 5700. Color Nude Photographs Mounted on Museum Plexiglass
By Koray Erkaya
Located in Miami Beach, FL
TooLess 3D versions of the photographs of the TooLess series create a miss perception of the human brain. The first layer of the photo texture is formed by very small black and white...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print, Archival Pigment
Marmo di Carrara (framed) - large format photograph of Italian marble quarry
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Framed large scale original photograph of the Mediterranean marble quarries in Carrara, Italy, iconic material source of classic Italian art and architecture, captured with a large format camera to allow epic scale print sizes with incredible image details
Marmo di Carrara...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment,...
LOTUS (No 30) Ballet Photography 32x32 in Ed. of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Located in Culver City, CA
LOTUS (No 30) Ballet Photography 32x32 in Ed. of 25 by Yevgeniy Repiashenko
Year photo was taken: 2019
This picture is a part of Spirit series.
The picture shows the frozen movement of the dancer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Myvatn Nature Baths (framed) - large scale photograph of Iceland hot springs
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph of iconic Icelandic hot springs by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Myvatn Nature Baths (2016)
61.25” x 81” / 156 cm x 206 cm
signed, titled and dated verso
edition of 6 + 2AP
original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white gallery frame
Each limited edition original photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility
About the artist:
Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944.
He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief, that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality, led to a change in his career path. He worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995.
Over the next two decades, Vitali’s large scale works would become recognizable for his highly detailed sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure.
His iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy.
Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of humanity’s coastal habitats in the bright light of summer.
Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and the just published Entering A New World.
Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato.
Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany).
__________________________
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
'PienoVuoto'
Forte di Belvedere, Florence
2021
'No Country For Old Men...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
IRIS III - unique abstraction of colors in circular glass frame (45" diameter)
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
a mesmerizing sea of light blue and acqua color tones
from an ongoing photography project since the late 1990s, capturing the details of the human iris and a pupil's unique abstracti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Photograph...
Whirlwind. Sea Shelf close up. Large Color Photograph Mounted on Plexiglass
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Whirlwind
Measures: 48" x 84" x 1 D
C-print large color photograph mounted on plexiglass
Dated and signed by the artist
Unique.
2007
Born in Tehran and raised in Europe and the United States, Iran, Issa-Khan began her photography career in the late 1970s studying with William Minor, Jr. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Issa-Khan photographed Paulina Porizkova...
Category
Early 2000s Minimalist Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Lampedusa (framed) - large scale photograph of Mediterranean summer beach scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large format photograph of a summer beach scene on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, from an earlier body of works (2012) by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Lampedusa (2012)
61.25” x 81.7” / 156 cm x 207,5 cm
limited edition of 6 + 2AP (signed, titled and dated on certificate of authenticity)
last available edition: AP1
original archival photography print with diasec (acrylic glass) face mount in contemporary white lacquered gallery frame
Each limited edition original Massimo Vitali photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition (6 + 2AP) , signed/titled/dated upon final inspection and expertly framed at renowned European art framing facility
Disclaimer of authenticity:
although it is possible to acquire (small size) single page offset prints from the book "A Portfolio of Landscapes and Figures" (published by Steidl) in the secondary market, the artist studio strongly dissuades collectors from purchasing these single page prints outside of the context and authenticity of the complete portfolio.
About the artist:
Massimo Vitali was born in Como, Italy, in 1944.
He studied photography at the London College of Printing, in the 1970s initially working as a photojournalist, but at the beginning of the 80s a growing mistrust in the belief that photography had an absolute capacity to reproduce the subtleties of reality led to a change in his career path.
Vitali worked in cinematography for film and television before beginning a fine art practice in 1995.
Over the next two decades, he would gain recognition for his highly detailed, epic-scale panoramas — sociopolitical observations of the natural habitat of humankind at leisure. Vitali’s iconic series of beach panoramas, captured from a distance with an elevated large-format camera platform, began in the light of drastic political changes in Italy.
Drawing inspiration from Renaissance and Old Flemish masters, in which the central space is fully exploited and the urban or natural landscape becomes the background, Vitali’s photographs grasp the viewer by capturing highly detailed observances of the recreational habitats of modern civilization.
Vitali’s work has been collected in six monographs: Beach and Disco, Natural Habitats, Landscapes With Figures, Swimming Pools, Short Stories and Entering A New World.
Additionally, his work is represented in the world’s major museums, including the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, the Fond National Art Contemporaine in Paris, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, the Fondation Cartier in Paris and the Museo Luigi Pecci in Prato.
Massimo Vitali lives and works in Lucca (Italy) and in Berlin (Germany).
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 94/22
Zander Galerie, Cologne
2024 Photolux Festival - Il bel paese?
Palazzo Ducale, Lucca, Italy
2023 La Grande Oasi - The way we live, now
OCA, Oasy Contemporary Art, Pistoia
2023
Standing Still
Cortona On The Move, Arezzo, Italy
2022
Massimo Vitali PhotoESPANA
Biblioteca Central Cantabria, Santander
2022
Endless Summer
Edwin Hook Gallery, New York
2022
Massimo Vitali: Leporello 2020
Melbourne
2022
Ti ho visto
Mazzoleni Gallery, Turin
2021
PienoVuoto
Forte di Belvedere, Florence
2021
No Country For Old Men
Visionarea Art Space, Rome
2020
'Human Constellations'
Museo Ettore Fico, Turin
2019
Massimo Vitali: Short Stories'
Mazzoleni, London
2018
'Coastal Colonies'
Spiral, Tokyo
2017
‘Disturbed Coastal Systems’
Benrubi Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Geister XII / ghost ship - contemporary photograph
By Nina Dietzel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Geister or 'Ghost Ship' series from Nina Dietzel. Stunning on own, or paired with other images from the series. Surface mounted to polished plexiglass so that the photograph appears ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Metal
Eternity: Pompeii in the Shadow of Vesuvius
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This work, by Fidel Santos, depicts a Pompeiian fresco resplendent with lush fruit trees and avian life against a backdrop of idyllic hills. The vibrant c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Renaissance Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Ink
Holiday Hair Check, Bermuda, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Sanctuary - beach, trees, people, abstract, manipulated, photograph on dibond
By Mark Bartkiw
Located in Bloomfield, ON
At first glance, Mark Bartkiw’s artwork looks like another beautiful photograph. Look again and you’ll see a clever collage of images that creates an almost magical, ethereal landsca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, C Print
Pan di Zucchero - extra large scale photo of Mediterranean beach scene (framed)
Located in San Francisco, CA
large format photograph by iconic Italian photographer Massimo Vitali, renowned for his grand scale topographical observations of the rites and rituals of modern leisure
Pan di Zucchero...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
Red Birkin high heel by Tyler Shields (photograph framed)
Located in New York City, NY
Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing both young models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton. His polished editorial imag...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, C Print
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