Andrea Ferrari (born 1970) lives in Milan, where he graduated in philosophy. He is a self-taught photographer and has an impressive career in publishing and design photography. This backgroung let him to develop several strands in his visual research, throught a multidisciplinary approach.
Andrea Ferrari spent the last years concentranting his attention on 3 body of works develloped over the time: Wild Window (2007-1023) – The pictures included in this envelope (2012-13) – Untitled Paper (2010-2013)
His photographic practice is conceived as an investigation on language across abstract and figurative topics. This approach combines different subjects and every research entail a unique production technique.
As noted by Quentin Bajac ”Andrea Ferrari surely believes, (…) that reality needs to be read like hieroglyphics and that photographic language can also help in deciphering these symbols. Photography to him is a conscious, reflective practice of a system of signs and (…) is linked to semiology, the analysis of signs.”
« Readers will have to let go of themselves to understand this work. They will have to forgo the temptation to put a name to things, because Ferrari has little time for the iconic value of photo- graphy. What you see has no value for its primary designation (being a copybook, a box or a ribbon...). Ceci n’est pas une pipe. This is really a trace of something else ».
Quentin Bajac
The pictures included in this envelope is Andrea Ferrari’s first major publication. The project was shortlisted for the European Publishers Award and later for the Kassel Dummy Award in 2013.
The work is a visual investigation of a series of objects, photographs and memorabilia found in the house of an unknown Milanese chemist. The collection and the biographical notes of Giulia C., the enigmatic figure at th...