ANDREA MODICA: ITALY PLATINUM PHOTOGRAPHS MADISON GALLERY IN LA JOLLA, CA A PREVIEW OF 20 WORKS OF THIS COLLECTION TO ARRIVE MID-MARCH
(PRLEAP.COM) Madison Gallery, The Leader of Contemporary and Modern Fine Art, presents a solo exhibition of Andrea Modica’s platinum prints of Italy. – VIP RECEPTION Friday, July 20, 2007 - Madison Gallery specializes in works by Andrea Modica and will exhibit 40 platinum prints. In 2005, Andrea Modica, a Guggenheim fellow, held a solo exhibition of her work at MOPA – The Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego.
Modica’s Italy photographs were taken from 1990 to 2003 in Sicily under the auspices of a Fulbright fellowship and, later, in Tuscany and Umbria where she taught.
"The idea was to get in touch with my heritage, my identity as an Italian-American woman," said Modica. "I set out on the Fulbright to photograph Italian women."
One image of a young girl, serious and dressed up, standing on a tabletop, is typical of Modica’s work: collaborative, meticulously staged and slightly mysterious. Though the girl stands solid, almost statuesque, her legs are held by a pair of large male hands.
"Yes, those hands. Does she need them?" said Modica. "There’s this idea of the male protector that’s so important in that culture, even though the women generally are so powerful, so strong, in charge."
The contrast within the images charge Modica’s photos, shot with a very large-format camera and printed from 8-by-10-inch negatives.
"I’m interested in the combination of a beautiful print and information that’s not always considered to be beautiful," she said.
Andrea Modica is one of photography’s most important image-makers. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France. A MFA graduate of Yale University, she is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship among many other prestigious awards. Andrea’s work has been featured in many magazines, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and American Photo to name a few. Her five books, including Minor league and Treadwell have both met with critical acclaim.
Modica’s Italy photographs were taken from 1990 to 2003 in Sicily under the auspices of a Fulbright fellowship and, later, in Tuscany and Umbria where she taught.
"The idea was to get in touch with my heritage, my identity as an Italian-American woman," said Modica. "I set out on the Fulbright to photograph Italian women."
One image of a young girl, serious and dressed up, standing on a tabletop, is typical of Modica’s work: collaborative, meticulously staged and slightly mysterious. Though the girl stands solid, almost statuesque, her legs are held by a pair of large male hands.
"Yes, those hands. Does she need them?" said Modica. "There’s this idea of the male protector that’s so important in that culture, even though the women generally are so powerful, so strong, in charge."
The contrast within the images charge Modica’s photos, shot with a very large-format camera and printed from 8-by-10-inch negatives.
"I’m interested in the combination of a beautiful print and information that’s not always considered to be beautiful," she said.
Andrea Modica is one of photography’s most important image-makers. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France. A MFA graduate of Yale University, she is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship among many other prestigious awards. Andrea’s work has been featured in many magazines, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and American Photo to name a few. Her five books, including Minor league and Treadwell have both met with critical acclaim.
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