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Massimo Listri Abstract Photography

Italian, b. 1954

Massimo Listri travels his native Italy and the world with his camera, photographing grand interior spaces both iconic and unexpected.

Listri's landscape photography and large-scale color prints invite viewers into the settings he frames; these include ancient castles, villas, palaces, gardens, libraries, convents, monasteries, and universities. He has taken viewers into the ornate hallways of Versailles, as well as the treasure-laden galleries of the Vatican museums. From Brazil, Listri brought back images taken at art museums, a cathedral, and a theater designed by Oscar Niemeyer, among many other architecturally iconic sites.

Though Listri focuses on the grand, he has also homed in on details in an expressive series of closely framed photographs of sculpted faces. Captured frontally or in profile, these carved faces range from grotesque to idealized and serve to celebrate the power of the artist’s hand.

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Artist: Massimo Listri
Massimo Listri, Ibirapuera Auditorium, Sao Paolo

Massimo Listri, Ibirapuera Auditorium, Sao Paolo

By Massimo Listri

Located in New York, NY

Ibirapuera Auditorium, Sao Paolo, 2012 Chromogenic Lambda print Edition of 5 180 x 225 cm mounted to aluminum The photographer is based in Florence, and ...

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2010s Contemporary Massimo Listri Abstract Photography

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Lambda

Ibirapuera Auditorium, Sao Paolo

Ibirapuera Auditorium, Sao Paolo

By Massimo Listri

Located in New York, NY

Ibirapuera Auditorium, Sao Paolo, 2012 Chromogenic Lambda print Edition of 5 120 x 150 cm The photographer is based in Florence, and is fascinated how hi...

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2010s Contemporary Massimo Listri Abstract Photography

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Befreiungshalle a Kehlhein Germania

Befreiungshalle a Kehlhein Germania

By Massimo Listri

Located in New York, NY

Befreiungshalle a Kehlhein Germania, 2005 C print Edition of 5 cm 100X120 120X150 180X225 inch 39.40x47.28 47.28x59.10 70.92x88.65 Massimo Listri is a Florence-based photographer...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Massimo Listri Abstract Photography

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C Print

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