19 April 2024   –   Time to read: 5 min

From May 3rd to 5th, the annual photography fair in Turin will be held at the OGR, Officine Grandi Riparazioni.

Marcorossi artecontemporanea will be participating in The Phair, the prestigious annual event for fine art photography in Turin, which this year changes location to the OGR, Officine Grandi Riparazioni. The curatorial committee composed of Emilio Bordoli, Lorenzo Bruni, Carla Testore, Brendei Estes, Benjamin, and Steffi Jaeger ensures the fifth edition of the fair will feature a selection of prestigious proposals, both from galleries and artistic projects.

Marcorossi artecontemporanea presents an important novelty for the Italian photography world at The Phair

It’s Julia Fullerton-Batten, a German photographer born in 1970, who lives and works in London, renowned for her highly cinematic visual storytelling, the important novelty that Marcorossi artecontemporanea presents at The Phair, ahead of the solo exhibition dedicated to the artist in its galleries in September 2024, in collaboration with curator Claudio Composti. Julia Fullerton-Batten’s artistic projects are based on specific themes, where each image is enriched by a narrative story, using true tableaux, staged with cinematic lighting techniques. Julia’s use of unusual locations, highly creative settings, street models, accentuated by cinematic lights, are the distinctive features of her style. She instills visual tensions in her images and imbues them with a mystique that continually prompts the viewer to reexamine the image; something new comes to light each time.

Old Father Thames is the title of the project

The project we will present at The Phair is titled Old Father Thames, created by the artist between 2018 and 2024, and gathers about thirty stories that occurred on the Thames over the centuries. The Thames, the artist recounts, although not the longest river in the British Isles, has immense significance for British and world history (…) London would not exist without the Thames, a source of fresh water and food, a transportation and communication artery, but also a physical and psychological boundary; for all these reasons, it is considered a true Father. The Thames is therefore the protagonist of different stories over time, and the artist has perfectly reconstructed the environment, costumes, and situations, creating fascinating images that blend painting, photography, and cinema.

Some information about the artist

Julia Fullerton-Batten’s artworks are renowned and exhibited worldwide. She has won numerous awards globally, is often featured in photography magazines, has published two books, is a Hasselblad ambassador, and a frequent speaker at international workshops and judge of international competitions. Her images are on the covers of “A Guide to Collecting Contemporary Photography.” She has a permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery, Musee de l’Elysee, Lausanne, and the Parliamentary Art Collection, Houses of Parliament in London.

THE PHAIR 

Preview and opening by invitation, 2 May 2024

Open to. the public

3 – 4 – 5 May 2024 ,  12pm – 9pm , Last admission 8.30pm

OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni- Sala Fucine

Entrance: Corso Castelfidardo, 22 – Turin