Photography Exhibit of Diane Epstein's New Works

Capturing the Timelessness of Venice & the Italian Countryside
By: Bannigan Communications LLC
 
Sept. 10, 2011 - PRLog -- Rome, ITALY - Diane Epstein, renowned American photographer living in Italy since 1995, will be exhibiting her latest work in a solo show entitled: “Capturing the Timelessness of Venice and the Italian Countryside”, opening with a vernissage on Thursday, September 22, at the gallery Paolo Antonacci, Via del Babuino, 141a, in Rome.

Epstein’s unique technique is what sets her art far apart from other photographers, with an approach she calls “fresco photography”.  She shoots numerous photos in an area and then layers them to create an array of colors, depth and texture. Epstein explains further “In Italy not only are there layers beneath the surface, with generations of ruins buried underground, but also in the environment surrounding us: from the paint on the walls to the antiquity of the ancient olive groves.  I visualize my surroundings through layers, and Italy - with its crackling frescoes, crumbling walls, and gnarly feel of the trees - offers a marvelous landscape from which to create new depth and creative interpretation.”

The subject matter for this upcoming exposition will be a combination of architecture and nature, in admiration of the rich heritage and beauty that is imbued by Venice and the Italian countryside. Epstein’s fresco photographs, for example, depict an enchanting city that magically floats on a lagoon as well as dancing trees swaying in the misty fog of Sicily, displayed next to a 2000-year-old Umbrian olive tree. Alongside her trees appear the crumbling aqueducts along the Appian Way, symbolizing the harnessing of water's movement that was so necessary for the cultivation and survival of the ancient Romans. The way in which Epstein captures these fragile yet powerful elements that have endured for thousands of years leave us to feel that the vulnerable and the eternal are inextricably tied, and deserve our most ardent attention.

Epstein’s work beckons us to explore with grace, play at the art of life and maneuver the mysterious labyrinth of our environment to search for the exquisiteness and splendor of creation.

Diane Epstein invites us to see both Venice and the Italian countryside anew, and reminds
us of the intricate balance that defines this fervent landscape and refined cityscape, making
Italy undeniably resplendent, enchanting, delicate and timeless.

About Diane Epstein, the Photographer
Diane Epstein, with her own innovative form of photography, revives the large-scale narrative painting and panoramic vistas of another time, while still retaining the architectural details of today. Epstein touches on the mystery of place and time with her fresco-inspired photographs, her signature style of photography which is created using a distinctive technique of layering multiple images, including ancient sites and the richly encrusted walls of Italy. She manages to portray visual ambiguities to allure the eye, with painted pillars, cupolas, and waterways that cast depth into the viewer’s space, designing a painterly, complex, textured picture.

Epstein has exhibited her work widely in Italy, including at the American Academy in Rome, the American Embassy in Rome, the Belgian Ambassador’s Residence, Paolo Antonacci Gallery, John Cabot University, and the museum at Palazzo Boccarini in Amelia, Umbria. She has also had solo exhibitions in the U.S is currently represented at the Gerald Bland Inc. gallery on Madison Ave. in New York City, at the Panoptican Gallery in Boston, and the Susan Calloway Gallery in Washington DC.  Epstein has had numerous commissions for public and private installations and many collectors and corporate clients, including Swiss Re and the Venice Biennale, and has won awards for her photography.

The exhibition, Capturing the Timelessness of Venice and the Italian Countryside, runs from September 22 until October 15th, 2011 at the gallery Paolo Antonacci.


Press Contacts

Italian Press:
Paolo Antonacci
info@paoloantonacci.com
www.paoloantonacci.com
Tel. +39 06.326.51679


Global Press:
Bannigan Communications LLC
helen@bannigan.com
www.bannigan.com
Tel. +39 349 5155 306

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