Corpo Ligneo n.01, 2022
Galleria d'Arte Frediano Farsetti, Milano
THE WINNERS ARTISTS BNL BNP PARIBAS AWARD
For the eleventh consecutive year, BNL BNP Paribas is a partner of MIA Fair in the role of Main Sponsor, promoting the BNL BNP Paribas Award, the event’s most important prize, assigned by a jury to artists who take part in the fair, exhibiting with their own galleries of reference. The award underlines the strong interest of BNL BNP Paribas in the development of culture and research of contemporary art in Italy.
The jury awarded ex aequo the works Isola by Simona Ghizzoni and Corpo ligneo by Antonio Biasiucci.
“Isola by Simona Ghizzoni – reads the jury’s motivation – with its triptych tells, with three very strong images, the relationship between man and nature, often made of coercion and often conflictual; nature, at the same time, however, represents salvation for men, especially in a moment like the lockdown. Biasiucci’s photography is a mirage; a trunk appears transfigured and looks like an abandoned city, the metaphysical charge is very strong as well as the technical ability to bring out from an objective reality a dreamlike vision”.
“Both photographers – continues the motivation – through their lens invite us to look carefully at the world around us and to grasp its hidden and extraordinary sides”.
The two winning works were acquired by BNL BNP Paribas and become part of the bank’s collection, which to date numbers over 5,000 works.
Corpo Ligneo n.01, 2022
Galleria d'Arte Frediano Farsetti, Milano
Porticus Neptuni, Italy, 2020
Francesco Bosso - PHOTO&CONTEMPORARY, Torino
Hong Kong, 2016
Galleria d'Arte Frediano Farsetti, Milano
How Much Can You Carry, Shaega, Ethiopia 2012
How Much Can You Carry, Teckle, Ethiopia 2012
Alessia Paladini Gallery, Milano
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 15 FINALISTS
For the eleventh consecutive year, BNL BNP Paribas supports MIA Fair in the knowledge that photography is one of the most transverse of the expressive languages and one of the most representative of the systems of contemporary art, promoting the ‘BNL BNP Paribas Award’ – the award with the greatest prominence of the whole event – a concrete recognition, attributed to the best artist chosen from those exhibiting their work via the art galleries. The winning photograph will be bought by BNL BNP Paribas and the artist will enter the collection of the bank, which throughout the years has become enriched with other winning works from previous editions of the award, and which today holds over 5000 works.
THE 15 AWARD FINALISTS
- Antonio Biasiucci
- Francesco Bosso
- Luca Campigotto
- Floriane De Lassée
- Delphine Diallo
- Florence di Benedetto
- Giorgio Galimberti
- Piero Gemelli
- Simona Ghizzoni
- Sanja Marušic
- Malena Mazza
- Ryan Mendoza
- Francesco Pergolesi
- Luciano Romano
- Silvio Wolf
The winner will be announced on 27th April on the occasion of the press conference for MIA Fair.