An interpreter of a language conveyed through light and shadow, Nicola-Matteo Munari crafts moments of aesthetic contemplation which are the result of intense and profound observation, expressed in the form of photography. Through his work, he captures the essential and search for the sublime, defining authentic and artful expressions imbued with an aura of solemnity and a sense of spirituality, that elevate the unnoticed into unique photographs.
The essence of beauty hidden in the unnoticed, revealed by the light that falls from above, grasing the vertical ribs of the flutes of the columns, and rhythmically projecting the shadows on the surfaces. See Untitled (MKR-008-05A)
Places speak to us silently through their surfaces. There is so much beauty and dignity in the simplicity of unnoticed, bare walls—walls that, through the interaction of light and shadow, emanate an almost spiritual aura. See All Surfaces
The classical statuary is permeated by a mythological aura and representative of a heroic ideal of beauty, enhanced by time and history through a process of subtraction and abstraction. Isolating fragments of sculptures allows to explore the volumes, material and chiaroscuro, enhancing the beauty and meaning held in the aesthetics of statuary. See All Sculptures
A great and beautiful abstract painting, discovered among the signs left by time on the surface of an unnoticed wall, releases its disruptive force like a wave that breaks against the rocks. A vision on the border between representation and abstraction. See Untitled (RBS-010-03J)
Through a selected inventory of images that explores the themes of observation and reflection, truth and introspection, aesthetics and spirituality, thought and appearance, Nicola-Matteo Munari gives significance to unnoticed details through a process of abstraction emphasised by the visual synthesis performed through black and white photography, expressing a sense of stillness and timelessness.
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