Sinomocene at Langhe Photo Festival
I had the pleasure to be invited to Langhe Photo Festival, in Neive (CN), to exhibit a selection of my work Sinomocene and to hold a lecture, on September 3rd.
I had the pleasure to be invited to Langhe Photo Festival, in Neive (CN), to exhibit a selection of my work Sinomocene and to hold a lecture, on September 3rd.
Sinomocene will be on display at Ragusa Photo Festival from July 20th to August 27th, 2023.
For more info, please visit the festival's website here.
My work Sinomocene will be displayed at the 2023 edition of Cargo - Les Photographiques De Saint-Nazaire, from June 29th to October 1st.
This year's theme is « Crossings », to suggest a wandering soul turned towards others and beyond. Saint Nazaire offers a vast horizon where spectators can immerse themselves in an imaginative itinerary from sea to sea, sea to land, beach to beach, or dream to geopolitical reality.
My work on Sardinia's sustainable communities is being exhibited at Green&Blue Festival, in a review dedicated to Italian energy communities and consumer groups.
This project has been developed with the help of KindOF management. It aims to investigate Italy's first and most significant energy communities, in the hinterland of Middle Campidano Sardinia.
This third Dossier is dedicated to oil and gas photo books from the Artphilein Library collection. It is part of our long-time research and collection of documentation of the exploitation of natural resources (in 2022 the first chapter was dedicated to mining rocks, minerals and coal). By viewing the books on display, scrolling through the images of the covers of the books reproduced here with a short caption, reading Davide Monteleone’s text, looking at his photographs, as well as Marco D’Anna’s disturbing shots featured at the beginning and end of this publication, the viewer will get a much clearer idea of the many problems and risks associated with the exploitation of oil and gas.
On the occasion of the 2023 edition of Photo London I will exhibit the first edition of “100 River Ob” at the stand of the Valeria Bella Gallery.
A selection of my prints will be displayed at Galleria Valeria Bella, stand E13, on the occasion of Paris Photo 2022.
“The landscapes in Davide Monteleone’s images of China’s belt and road initiative are very familiar to me. We can see desert, uninhabited wasteland and views along the Yangtze River and in north-west China. There are also photographs showing the characters “Stay strong, Wuhan!” on skyscrapers in neon lights.
They are reminiscent of images I took in China, which captured dilapidated cities before they were rebuilt; energy plants; the development of impoverished areas and large-scale architecture. […]
Monteleone’s photographs are broad in scope and encompass many stories and strange landscapes. The Italian photographer began his project in Russia in 2014 before visiting vast rail and road projects across Asia; container ports; factories; casinos; and the Grand Renaissance dam in Ethiopia. The images clearly depict China’s strategic ambitions, very different from the original Silk Road, which operated from around 130BC until the mid-15th century. The Silk Road was a network of trade routes, whereas the belt and road initiative embeds a political ambition beyond commerce. The issue in question here is: who will be the centre of the world? Who will rise to world power?”
Ai Weiwei
“The landscapes in Davide Monteleone’s images of China’s belt and road initiative are very familiar to me. We can see desert, uninhabited wasteland and views along the Yangtze River and in north-west China. There are also photographs showing the characters “Stay strong, Wuhan!” on skyscrapers in neon lights.
They are reminiscent of images I took in China, which captured dilapidated cities before they were rebuilt; energy plants; the development of impoverished areas and large-scale architecture. […]
Monteleone’s photographs are broad in scope and encompass many stories and strange landscapes. The Italian photographer began his project in Russia in 2014 before visiting vast rail and road projects across Asia; container ports; factories; casinos; and the Grand Renaissance dam in Ethiopia. The images clearly depict China’s strategic ambitions, very different from the original Silk Road, which operated from around 130BC until the mid-15th century. The Silk Road was a network of trade routes, whereas the belt and road initiative embeds a political ambition beyond commerce. The issue in question here is: who will be the centre of the world? Who will rise to world power?”
Ai Weiwei
“While there has been concern raised in the West, recently, regarding a possible end of Globalization as we know it, Davide Monteleone’s long-term project investigates the immense efforts by China to reshape the global movement of goods, services and capital by an infrastructure initiative known as “Belt and Road” or “New Silk Road”, and by doing so tilt the geopolitical balance towards the East. However, there is a certain break between the economic and geopolitical processes at work and how they are manifested in the real world. Much of it remains simply invisible or is too all-encompassing to be pictured, which poses a challenge to an artist working in photography and interested in presenting us with more than the facts. But Monteleone finds intriguing images that back up his extensive research and rich data that informs his stunning photographs.”
After a year of absence, MIA Fair return to Milan between 7-10 October 2021. I will take part in the fair in two galleries this time.
“The project is an exhibition produced by the Alinari Foundation, and it is an archival history of the best Italian photography dedicated to our country: from the historical Alinari photos to contemporary new works.
As one of the shortlisted artists for Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2020, I have been invited to the group show “People and Place: Leica Oskar Barnack Award 40th Anniversary”, to be held soon at Shanghai Center of Photography.
A selection of images from my ongoing project, Sinomocene, will be on show from November 28, 2020
Fondation Carmignac is pleased to present “Carmignac Photojournalism Award: 10 Years of Reportage”, on view from July 4 to November 1, 2020 at the Villa Carmignac on the Island of Porquerolles.
I am glad to announce that I’ve been shortlisted among the ten finalists of 2020's Louis Roederer Discovery Award. The submitted project "Sinomocene", presented with the support of Heillandi Gallery and curator Hester Keijser, will be on show at Arles 2020 for the first time, from June 29th to September 20th.
For more info please visit the official website here.
A selection from my 2018 train journey throughout North Korea will be on show at Festival du Regard, in Cergy Pontoise, FR, on the occasion of the exhibition " Voyages extra-ordinaires".
From October 9th, to November 29th, 2020.
More info here .
The exhibition “The April Theses” can be visited at Photolux Festival till December 8, 2019.
Location: Palazzo Ducale, Cortile Carrara, 1 – LuccaHours: Monday to Friday 3 – 7:30 pm / Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 7:30 pm
Proud to announce that from October, 6th to December 1st, 2019, my project “A New Silk Road” is going to be part of the 26th edition of the Noorderlicht International Photography Festival, in Groeningen (NL). This year the festival examines the impact of social tensions created by international conglomerates with their vast accumulations of capital and their influence on national and global politics.
For more info please visit Noorderlicht Festival Website here.
A selection of my edition prints will be available at Photo London - Galleria Valeria Bella from 16 to 19 May 2019 - Somerset House London. UK
i have donated works to Art on Postcard to help raise money for the Hepatitis C Trust. My photograph will be exhibited anonymously alongside over 575 others at Photo London (16-19 MAY 2019). Auction runs 8-22nd May on Paddle8.
"Spazi Ritratti + Medio Corso" at Officine Fotografiche Milano. Masterclass curated by Davide Monteleone, Luca Campigotto and Wu Ming2 and works by:
Jacob Balzani Loov, Jacopo Bellapianta, Cristian Bonanomi,Matteo Buonomo, Simone Cargnoni, Marlin Dedaj, Enrico Doria, Karim El Maktafi, Jessica Iovane, Alessia Maggio, Giulia Pasqualin, Niccolò Piuzzi, Giuseppe Bruni, Niccolò Cozzi, Andrea Crupi, Marlin Dedaj, Simon Fiorentino, Alessandro Morelli,
Davide Perbellini, Mandy Rietdijk, Alessandro Roncaglione, Giovanni Tamanza, Oscar Biffi, Mattia Cefis, Gabriele Galligani,Paolo Gravino, Andrea Migliorini, Danilo Pettinati, Vitalba Piazza, Stella Riva, Andrea Sciuto, Annalisa Toscani.
A selection of my pictures will be exhibited during the MIA Photo Fair in Milan starting on March 21st at:
The Mall, Piazza Lina Bo Bardi 1, Milano.
The Project “A New Silk Road” will be on show in Catania at the “Plenum Gallery” from December 16th till January 15th. The exhibition is curated by Massimo Siragusa.
A selection from A Modern Odyssey on show at PhEST in Monopoli, Italy.
The diptych Platinum Print "Traces on the Flaming Mountains", 2017 and the installation of 13 photograph "Silk Ambition" 2017, both part of the series "A New Silk Road" initially featured as a portfolio in the pages of The New Yorker, will be on show at Heillandi Gallery boots during Photo London.
LONDON, 17-20 MAY 2018 SOMERSET HOUSE.
The series "A New Silk Road" is among the finalist of KAUNAS PHOTO START 2018.
For more than 15 years Davide Monteleone documented the events and the daily life in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Apart from many assignments and personal projects Davide Monteleone has collected a selection of photos, a sort of a personal diary, depicting his time in the region during these years. A selection of these small prints, part of his personal archive, is presented at the exhibition "Vento Dell' Est" at NONOSTANTEMARRAS in Milan. In occasion of the last week of the exhibition (closing April 7th 2018) a selection of 30 prints 18x18cm is offered on sale for a limited time.
A selection of Davide Monteleone's new series will be presented during MIA Photo Fair in Milano, at Heillandi Gallery
March 9-12 | Stand 32, Corridoio A e Stand 33, Corridoio B
The Mall Porta Nuova
Piazza Lina Bo Bardi, 1
Milano – Italia
*Davide Monteleone is the winner of Codice MIA prize 2017
Quante possono essere le trame possibili in un racconto? E quante in un racconto visivo? Caduta e ascesa e il suo contrario, ossia ascesa con ricaduta. E lo scheletro delle tragedie classiche e shakespeariane: caduta, ascesa e ricaduta. Quella di Davide Monteleone è una trama appassionante che, con uno sguardo originale e un punto di vista molteplice, prende in considerazione le relazioni tra il sé e le mutate condizioni dell’esperienza umana. Tutte le sue fotografie cercano di stabilire confronti, misurare distanze, constatare fratture.
The project "One of..." will be exhibited in occasion of the MEDPHOTO Festival at Museum of Contemporary Art, Rethymno, in Crete from 13 January – 20 March 2018.