12th Premio Cairo
The 12th edition of the Premio Cairo was held at the Palazzo della Permanente in Milan, the event linked to the monthly Arte, promoted by the publisher Urbano Cairo in support of young art.
As was the case last year for this edition, curated by Luca Beatrice, the compulsory condition for competing for the Prize is the absolute originality of the work presented by the artist, which must not have been exhibited or published previously. On the other hand, there are no constraints or directives regarding the languages and techniques used by the artists, who have been given a space of the same dimensions to realise their project.
Selected artists
Selected artists:
Roberto Amoroso, Emanuele Becheri, Riccardo Benassi, Fatma Bucak, Guglielmo Castelli, Umberto Chiodi, Coniglioviola, Francesco De Molfetta, Matteo Fato, Laura Giardino, Svitlana Grebenyuk, Dario Guccio, Michele Guido, Iva Kontic, Giovanni Ozzola, Luana Perilli, Giuliano Sale, Gaia Scaramella ,Cristiano Tassinari, Eugenio Tibaldi
The Jury
The Jury: Flavio Arensi, Critico d'arte e direttore scientifico del progetto SALe (Spazio Arte Legnano); Michele Bonuomo, Direttore del mensile Arte; Guido Curto, Direttore dell'Accademia Albertina di Torino; Gianfranco Maraniello, Direttore di MAMbo Museo d'arte moderna di Bologna; Marco Pierini, Direttore della Galleria Civica di Modena; Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Presidente Fondazione Sandretto di Torino.
The winner
Giovanni Ozzola is the winner of the 12th edition of the Cairo Prize, the event linked to the monthly Arte, promoted by the publisher Urbano Cairo in support of young art.
The unpublished work that won over the jury is entitled: ‘Don't ask me ask yourself’ and consists of 2 digital prints, each measuring 150x265 cm.
Urbano Cairo, presidente della Cairo Editore e Giovanni Ozzola, vincitore del 12° Premio Cairo.
Don’t ask me ask yourself, 2011 stampe digitali, cm 150x265 cad.
digital prints, 150x265 cm each.
Award-winning work
Giovanni Ozzola uses digital photography to make large prints where the protagonist is light, immortalized in different moments of the day, in the morning and at sunset, or last beyond a shutter. Light is understood by the artist as space, as a place of visual perception.
Award citation
The Jury indicated the following motivation: "Young age, good resume, evocative execution, pregnant photography. In the photographic work the culminating moment of a path that has been investigating the classical theme of landscape and light for quite some time is reached."