Rivelazioni - Revelations in the Dark
Photographic Imagery by: Roberto Saletti
April 16 - May 7, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 2009, 6-8PM

(Brooklyn, NY, March 25, 2009) Italian artist Roberto Saletti conjures images from a time and space less defined and more like enigmatic memories with his "partial revelation" darkroom techniques.

Saletti's photographic explorations go beyond what is captured through his camera lens and begins with the creative work in the darkroom. Stretching the nature of the photographic image, Saletti uses a process of painting developing solution onto the white photograph paper with a rag before exposing the image onto the paper. This technique pushes his original image and creates greater freedom and expressiveness in Saletti's photographic artwork. Saletti commented, "I have learned to make optimal photos from a technical point of view; then I have realized I was being bored and I pushed to search for greater freedom."

Like giving movement to a memory, Saletti technique creates images that take flight from the physical time and place where the subject was photographed and become ethereal and haunting. The static subject photographed through the artist lens is stretched to become a dreamlike representation of the subject, unveiling like clouds or smoke signals to the viewer. "What I try to create is images without time, to give life to statues," Roberto Saletti.

Mr. Saletti's artworks will be exhibited at the Farmani Gallery beginning on April 16, 2009 with an opening reception from 6-8PM.

The Farmani Gallery was established in 2003 and has offices in Los Angeles and New York. Its mission is to discover and cultivate emerging artists among the contemporary photography genre. The Farmani Gallery is the brainchild of the Farmani Group, whom among its many charities, businesses and organizations has created The Lucie Awards, The Lucie Foundation,
The International Photography Awards, Px3-Prix De La Photographie Paris and the International Design Awards.

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