With the purpose to answer the request for a space where different directions, tendencies and questions characterizing the realm of contemporary photography could converge, The Phair has opened in Turin, a fair created by Roberto Casiraghi and Paola Rampini, developed by a Team of seven curators in exchange with 35 galleries, invited to represent the complexity of contemporary scene.
The Phair articulates fair as a tool in different directions. The first is the urban function, represented by the use of a space of attraction within the core of the city (the former stock exchange by Gabetti & Isola, currently abandoned). A second direction is based on trading: a place developed for market is reactivated through the — art — market itself.
The Phair. Present photography, looking ahead
A fair in Turin to investigate directions, questions and evolutions in contemporary photography.
The Phair, Turin, 2018. Exhibition view. Photo: Alessandro Menegon
The Phair, Turin, 2018. Exhibition view. Photo: Sergio Porcarelli
The Phair, Turin, 2018. Mustafa Sabbagh at Davidepaludetto | Artecontemporanea. Photo: Sergio Kafke
The Phair, Turin, 2018. Steven Pippin at Galleria Enrico Astuni . Photo: Anita Cariolaro
The Phair, Turin, 2018. Daniela Comani at Galleria Studio G7 di Ginevra Grigolo. Photo: Anita Cariolaro
The Phair, Turin, 2018. Daniela Comani at Galleria Studio G7 di Ginevra Grigolo. Photo: Anita Cariolaro
The Phair, Turin, 2018. Antonio Ottomanelli at Montrasio Arte. Photo: Clelia Cadamuro
The Phair, Turin, 2018. Richard Kern, Giacomo Costa, Olivo Barbieri, Matteo Basilè at Guidi & Schoen. Photo: Sergio Kafke
The Phair, Turin, 2018. Giacomo Costa at Guidi & Schoen. Photo: Francesca Del Rosario
The Phair, Turin, 2018. Anri Sala, Untitled halves I, 2012. Courtesy Galleria Alfonso Artiaco
The Phair, Torino, 2018. Guido Guidi, Villa Savoye , 2003. Courtesy Galleria 1/9 unonovearteconemporanea
The Phair, Turin, 2018. Mario Airò, serie En plein air. Wandering the Alps with laser and Camera. Courtesy Tucci Russo.
The Phair, Turin, 2018. Annette Kelm, Mini Easel Relief, 2018. Photo: Roman März. Courtesy l’artista e Gió Marconi, Milan.
The Phair, Turin, 2018. Davide Monteleone, Imperium , 2017. Courtesy Galleria Valeria Bella, Milan
The Phair, Turin, 2018. View of the venue from the exterior (former Turin Stock Exchange). Photo: Alessandro Menegon.
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- Giovanni Comoglio
- 06 May 2019
- Turin
A third direction comes from the interpretation of the concept of a fair: The Phair aims to assess the current situation of photography through different critical trajectories where evolutionary perspectives can be envisioned. A fair as it is intended since the beginning of Contemporary age: showcase of a state of the art, but outline of its future development as well, of what the forthcoming fairs will show.
As confirmed by Luca Panaro, coordinator of the curatorial team and a teacher at Brera Academy for fine Arts, such aspect of the concept is furtherly articulated within the project. Concentrating on the Italian scene as a starting point, The Phair has established a dialogue with galleries to select both established/historical and emerging photographers — promoting these last ones. A large part of the investigation on current conditions of photography has then been developed through a series of talks, joining curators, artists and experts, in the form a web tv streaming that will survive the fair as a single event, and co constitute a permanent archive — available on The Phair’s website — for reflections and research. The main topics are publishing, new media, collectors, foundations, young authors, market, education, archives, the role of museums and clients.
- The Phair
- Luca Panaro, Lorenzo Bruni, Alessandro Carrer, Cristiana Colli, Giangavino Pazzola, Carla Testore.
- Ex Borsa Valori, Turin
- May 3- 5, 2019; talks are permamently available online, on The Phair's website
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair
Views and works from the Turin photography fair