Francesco Del Conte (1988, Milan) lives and works in Turin. In 2012 he achieved a bachelor’s degree in printmaking at the Albertina Academy of fine Arts in Turin. Because of his interest in photography, he moved to Belgium in 2013 to study at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels, where he graduated with a master’s degree in fine arts in the photography department. In the first ten years of his practice, Del Conte has investigated, in particular, the design and the history of a series of technologies employed in architecture and the industrial and artisan fields. On the line between a very objective feel and an enigmatic atmosphere, these photographic works are displayed as gelatin silver prints and as slide projections in dialogue with the exhibition spaces.In 2016 he was invited by the Centre for Contemporary Art CCA Kitakyushu to attend a seven-month fellowship program which will be very significant to his practice.
After this period in Japan, Del Conte has shaped a new approach to the photographic medium to create new insights about photography itself. This was partly stimulated by his interest in using large format cameras, meditative devices that belong to another image-making era. The use of this equipment led him to explore photography’s potential and investigate the structure of the medium, breaking it down into its fundamental elements: electromagnetic energy and time. In his current projects, he considers the camera as a light recorder rather than a tool that allows the author to explore the concepts of narrative, space, and composition. This change of paradigm led the artist to produce a new body of work intertwined with other fields such as astronomy and color science. Del Conte’s works are part of private and public collections and have been exhibited internationally.
Francesco Del Conte
— 10 Minerals 10 Grays, ongoing
— Skyglow, a visual study about light pollution and the natural light of the stars, 2019 till today
— Fräsen, the unseen design of industrial processing tools, 2014 till today
— Houses, prefab architectures in Japan, 2017
— Joining, the traditional Japanese building technology, 2016
— Archeologia del Quotidiano, simple everyday objects 2009/2011
Biography
Francesco Del Conte (1988, Milan) lives and works in Turin. In 2012 he achieved a bachelor’s degree in printmaking at the Albertina Academy of fine Arts in Turin. Because of his interest in photography, he moved to Belgium in 2013 to study at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels, where he graduated with a master’s degree in fine arts in the photography department. In the first ten years of his practice, Del Conte has investigated, in particular, the design and the history of a series of technologies employed in architecture and the industrial and artisan fields. On the line between a very objective feel and an enigmatic atmosphere, these photographic works are displayed as gelatin silver prints and as slide projections in dialogue with the exhibition spaces. In 2016 he was invited by the Centre for Contemporary Art CCA Kitakyushu to attend a seven-month fellowship program which will be very significant to his practice. After this period in Japan, Del Conte has shaped a new approach to the photographic medium to create new insights about photography itself. This was partly stimulated by his interest in using large format cameras, meditative devices that belong to another image-making era. The use of this equipment led him to explore photography’s potential and investigate the structure of the medium, breaking it down into its fundamental elements: electromagnetic energy and time. In his current projects, he considers the camera as a light recorder rather than a tool that allows the author to explore the concepts of narrative, space, and composition. This change of paradigm led the artist to produce a new body of work intertwined with other fields such as astronomy and color science. Del Conte’s works are part of private and public collections and have been exhibited internationally.
News
Maybe Magazine #2, with Kalamari Klub and IsoQuant, Heidelberg, 11.2022
Parola d'Artista, interview with Gabriele Landi, 10.2022
Tutte Quelle Cose, interview with Angela Madesani, 09.2022
Il Cuore Avventuroso #2, Talk with Angela Madesani, Paolo Pessarelli Studio, Milan: 05.07.2022 | 7pm
Fräsen, solo exhibition in Milano at the Basilica di San Celso Opening reception: 03.10.2020 | 6 - 21 pm
Fotografia e Tassonomia di Angela Madesani
Artribune Magazine # 49
Hortus Conclusus, exhibition at Fondazione 107, Torino Opening Reception: 13.04.2019 | 5-9 pm
DIP Talks#7: LUCA School of Arts, 27.02.2019 | 7-9 pm Campus Sint-Lukas, Paleizenstraat 70, Bruxelles
Acquisition by the De Pietri-Artphilein Foundation of two works part of the series Fräsen
Sguardi sul Futuro, exhibition at Galleria San Fedele, Milano Visiting period: 9.01 - 2.02.2019
Solo exhibition at Wop Art Fair with Heillandi Gallery 20 - 23 September 2018, Lugano
La città, exhibition at Galleria San Fedele, Milano
Opening reception: 20.09.2018 | 6 pm
Serie Inversa #4, Diogene, Torino, 2017
CCA Kitakyushu research program exhibition, Kitakyushu, 2017
Fräsen, exhibition at Fondazione 107, Torino, 2016
Contacts
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