Trieste: at the Salone degli incanti the exhibition dedicated to Steve McCurry “Views of the World”
The exhibition entitled "McCurry. Views of the World" will bring over 150 photographs to Friuli Venezia Giulia for the first time.
Trieste: at the Salone degli incanti the exhibition dedicated to Steve McCurry “Views of the World”
On the morning of November 14th at Hall of Enchantments, in the presence of the deputy mayor, Serena Tonel, of the regional councillor for productive activities and tourism, Sergio Emidio Bini, of the Operations Director of PromoTurismo FVG, James Mestroni and the curator of the exhibition, Biba Giacchetti, the exhibition dedicated to was inaugurated Steve McCurry, one of the most famous and appreciated photographers of our time.
The exhibition entitled “McCurry: Views of the World” will bring for the first time in Friuli Venezia Giulia over 150 photographs, including some surprising unpublished images, by the famous American photojournalist best known as the one who was able to immortalizing in a refugee camp in Pakistan Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed Afghan girl whose gaze conquered the cover of National Geographic and has gone around the world.
The exhibition will be open to visitors from November 14th to May 4th 2025.
"It is a source of pride for the Municipality of Trieste to host exhibitions of this caliber and of this kind. I would like to thank the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region with its president, Massimiliano Fedriga, the councilor Sergio Emidio Bini and the structure of PromoTurismo FVG, who know how to catalyze great artists and bring them to our territory, so that they are a value for our citizens and at the same time are also attractive for the tourists that we are used to hosting more and more often", began the deputy mayor Serena Tonel.
"We aim for quality tourism, working in synergy and using culture as an added value. I thank the funding that PromoTurismo FVG is making to promote the Region and, in particular, Trieste - continued Serena Tonel -. Tourism is a driving sector and I believe that the operation of making culture a theme of attraction is a winning operation”.
"It is a source of pride to host this beautiful exhibition as part of Go!2025. Next year will be an important year for Gorizia, for the Region and Trieste will also want to do its part, to act as a sounding board for the topics that will be discussed, especially regarding the transfrontier nature that so characterizes our lands. We were built and shaped on the exchange and dialogue between borders and we have the duty to spread and talk about these issues", he concluded Serena Tonel.
The exhibition follows a path that has as its central theme the story of humanity and invites the visitor to moments of intimacy in observing Steve McCurry's works: each shot, like a window to distant worlds, takes the visitor on an exciting and complex journey through different cultures, experiences and sensibilities, intentionally mixing different countries and periods in which the images were captured, an incursion into Steve McCurry's universe and his personal experience.
The exhibition opens with a series of portraits of extraordinary intensity and continues with images that range between war and poetry, suffering and joy, amazement and irony, composing a mosaic of emotions that capture the gaze and touch the soul. The collection of portraits, unforgettable for the direct relationship they establish with the observer, sometimes to the point of making it seem as if they are the ones scrutinizing the spectator, exalts the dignity and pride of each one, above the different ethnic groups, latitudes and difficulties of life in which they are caught, to which poetic images dedicated alternate to Buddhism, meditation, temples and spirituality, and more shots that document the condition of innocent civilians in war zones, such as Afghanistan, the Gulf War and September 11. A significant section is dedicated to children, culminating in the relationship between man and environment, often made possible by the contiguity with the animal universe.
The exhibition project is curated by Biba Giacchetti, with the artistic direction of John Mercury, is a Madeinart production.
The exhibition will be open from November 14th to May 4th 2025, with the following opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 10am-18pm, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays 10-19, 25 December closed.
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