Sonia Lenzi: Take Me to Live with You
Take Me to live with you
December 2 - 31, 2021
Blue Sky is pleased to announce Take Me to Live with You, an exhibition of photographs by Sonia Lenzi.
image © Sonia Lenzi
"I have always loved visiting the homes of others, not so much to see how people lived their daily lives, but in order to understand them better, and in my turn feel accepted by them, becoming part of their lives." Sonia Lenzi's latest project, Take Me to Live with You, offers up an archive of collective relationships of the people, history, culture and values of Italy. Lenzi brings us into the homes of elders, photographing their spaces, objects, and selves with the desire to recall personal memories and provide lessons for future generations. Lenzi was drawn to certain elders who embody her parental ideal, acting as stand-ins for the relationship she yearned to have with her now deceased father.
A selection of Lenzi's Special Edition prints will also be for sale at the gallery in addition to the works on exhibition. Purchase a Special Edition print and receive a free copy of Lenzi's brand new photo book, Take Me to Live with You - A Social Family Album. Books may also be purchased separately through publisher Kehrer Verlag.
Learn more about Lenzi’s book, as published in PhotoBook Journal in March 2022.
In-Person Gallery Talk, December 8, 2021
image © Sonia Lenzi
Sonia Lenzi (Italian, b. 1964) is a photographer and visual artist. Her artistic practice adopts an interdisciplinary approach and revolves around interrelated themes, concerning identity, memories of people and places, mortality and gender. She uses photography to investigate, establish and recreate social relationships through signs, symbols and gestures. She graduated initially in Philosophy at the University of Bologna, then from the Bologna Academy of Fine Arts with a degree in Painting, finally graduating in Law. Her photographic project, ‘It Could Have Been Me’ (2015), was shown as an installation at Bologna High Speed Railway Station and presented at MAMbo, Museum of Modern Art in Bologna, ‘Lares Familiares’ was performed in Naples and first exhibited at the Archaeological Museum (2016), and then at the Italian Cultural Institute in London (2019). ‘Last Portrait’ was presented at the Women’s Art Library, Goldsmiths College, University of London (2019). She lives and works in Bologna and London.
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