L'arte di David Hamilton

On 31 May the new gallery of Vecchiato was launched in Padua, which is completely dedicated to photography: the Vecchiato Contemporary Photos. After the success of the historical Vecchiato Gallery and the recent Vecchiato New Art Galleries, which hosted important exhibitions like "Made in China", "Andy Warhol" and "Jacques Villeglé", the third gallery now concentrates on photography. The small space behind the Verdi Theatre in the centre of Padua is entirely dedicated to this form of expression and opened with the solo exhibition of the great David Hamilton, curated by Dominque Stella.
The exhibition offers a wide selection from the works by the famous British photographer and it is made up of more than a hundred of his most important snapshots mostly from the 70's and 80's, up to one from 2006: from female nudes to still lifes, from the unforgettable photographs of Venice to the homage to great painters, his works always convey a great deal of nostalgia. Beyond his "blooming girls", Hamilton is an enthusiastic admirer of painters such as Ingres, Delacroix, Courbet and Degas. Catching the images of objects and people, he gives them a trait that is almost pictorial and in this way his pictures become a homage to the great artists that preceded him.