Jacopo Benassi
Jacopo Benassi (b. 1970), photographer and artist, lives and works in La Spezia. Over the years, he has developed a personal style in which depth of field is eliminated and the light of the flash becomes a signature, a stylistic limit that he self-imposes to achieve photos that are raw and without any mediation. The subjects photographed are highly disparate ranging from the underground and international music scene – starting from his experience at the B-Tomic club, which he manages with some friends – to portraits of models, actresses, artists, designers published in the most important magazines, as well as investigations of the body, including self-portraits, documentation of sexual encounters, and ancient statuary. Benassi is also occasionally a performer and musician. His experimentation with performance is always linked to music and is mediated by the photographic image, the subject and object of his research. Recent solo shows: Matrice (2022) at Fondazione Carispezia, La Spezia, PAST (2021) at the Francesca Minini Gallery in Milan, Vuoto (2020) at the Pecci Centre in Prato, CRACK (2019) double exhibition at CAMERA – Italian Centre for Photography in Turin and at the European Photography Festival in Reggio Emilia, and Bologna Portraits (2019) at Palazzo Bentivoglio in Bologna. He has exhibited for FotoGrafia – International Festival of Rome (2009), Vade retro. Art and homosexuality from von Gloeden to Pierre et Gilles (2007) at Palazzina Reale in Florence, Aphotography (2005) at the Changing Role Gallery in Napoli, Artissima (2006-2007) in Turin. He has worked with directors and writers such as Paolo Sorrentino, Daniele Ciprì, Asia Argento, and Maurizio Maggiani, and with creative director Federico Pepe (for COCO, a music and videoart project, and for publications by Le Dictateur). In 2011 he opened Talkinass – Paper and Records and produced magazines and live CDs of artists on the underground scene. An active self-publisher, he has created limited-edition publications and a magazine produced in real time at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. He has participated in events such as No Soul for Sale (2010) at the Tate Modern in London, curated by Maurizio Cattelan and Massimiliano Gioni. Recently, he has concentrated on creating performative and photographic displays based on Live Shooting, resulting in the solo show Hunt me down (2021) and collaborations with some protagonists of the Italian performance, visual, and music scene: Lady Maru for Brutal Casual (2020), Kinkaleri for No Title Yet (2017) and ONCE MORE (2020), Sissi for Rollers (2019). In 2009, the 1861 United Agency published The Ecology of Image, a large monograph of Benassi’s works. He also published the photographic books FAGS (NERO, 2020), Dying in Venice (Bruno, 2015), Bologna Portraits (Damiani, 2019), Mis Q Lee (Quinlan, 2018), and Gli aspetti irrilevanti (Mondadori, 2016) with Paolo Sorrentino. He released the LPs ONCE MORE with Kinkaleri (Xing, 2021) and Benassi plays Benassi (2019), a sonic and photographic self-documentation of his body, with remix by Khan of Finland and Jochen Arbeit. He has worked with numerous magazines in Italy and abroad, such as: Rolling Stone, GQ, Wired italia, Wired U.S.A, Riders, 11 Freunde, Crush Fanzine, Dapper Dan, Vice, Almaviva/Le Figaro, Gioia, and Purple.fr.
Jacopo Benassi (b. 1970), photographer and artist, lives and works in La Spezia. Over the years, he has developed a personal style in which depth of field is eliminated and the light of the flash becomes a signature, a stylistic limit that he self-imposes to achieve photos that are raw and without any mediation. The subjects photographed are highly disparate ranging from the underground and international music scene – starting from his experience at the B-Tomic club, which he manages with some friends – to portraits of models, actresses, artists, designers published in the most important magazines, as well as investigations of the body, including self-portraits, documentation of sexual encounters, and ancient statuary. Benassi is also occasionally a performer and musician. His experimentation with performance is always linked to music and is mediated by the photographic image, the subject and object of his research. Recent solo shows: Matrice (2022) at Fondazione Carispezia, La Spezia, PAST (2021) at the Francesca Minini Gallery in Milan, Vuoto (2020) at the Pecci Centre in Prato, CRACK (2019) double exhibition at CAMERA – Italian Centre for Photography in Turin and at the European Photography Festival in Reggio Emilia, and Bologna Portraits (2019) at Palazzo Bentivoglio in Bologna. He has exhibited for FotoGrafia – International Festival of Rome (2009), Vade retro. Art and homosexuality from von Gloeden to Pierre et Gilles (2007) at Palazzina Reale in Florence, Aphotography (2005) at the Changing Role Gallery in Napoli, Artissima (2006-2007) in Turin. He has worked with directors and writers such as Paolo Sorrentino, Daniele Ciprì, Asia Argento, and Maurizio Maggiani, and with creative director Federico Pepe (for COCO, a music and videoart project, and for publications by Le Dictateur). In 2011 he opened Talkinass – Paper and Records and produced magazines and live CDs of artists on the underground scene. An active self-publisher, he has created limited-edition publications and a magazine produced in real time at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. He has participated in events such as No Soul for Sale (2010) at the Tate Modern in London, curated by Maurizio Cattelan and Massimiliano Gioni. Recently, he has concentrated on creating performative and photographic displays based on Live Shooting, resulting in the solo show Hunt me down (2021) and collaborations with some protagonists of the Italian performance, visual, and music scene: Lady Maru for Brutal Casual (2020), Kinkaleri for No Title Yet (2017) and ONCE MORE (2020), Sissi for Rollers (2019). In 2009, the 1861 United Agency published The Ecology of Image, a large monograph of Benassi’s works. He also published the photographic books FAGS (NERO, 2020), Dying in Venice (Bruno, 2015), Bologna Portraits (Damiani, 2019), Mis Q Lee (Quinlan, 2018), and Gli aspetti irrilevanti (Mondadori, 2016) with Paolo Sorrentino. He released the LPs ONCE MORE with Kinkaleri (Xing, 2021) and Benassi plays Benassi (2019), a sonic and photographic self-documentation of his body, with remix by Khan of Finland and Jochen Arbeit. He has worked with numerous magazines in Italy and abroad, such as: Rolling Stone, GQ, Wired italia, Wired U.S.A, Riders, 11 Freunde, Crush Fanzine, Dapper Dan, Vice, Almaviva/Le Figaro, Gioia, and Purple.fr.
- Self-portrait, 2023Bronze sculpture
27×31 cm
Edition 2 of 3 - Untitled, 2022Hahnemuehle Fineart, acrylic on canvas and artist frame
142×116 cm - Untitled, 2022, detailHahnemuehle Fineart, acrylic on canvas and artist frame
142×116 cm - Untitled, 2022fine art photo print, acrylic on canvases, artist frames, wooden clips, strap
84×105×10 cm - Cruising, 2023Acrylic on canvas, fine art photo prints, artist frames, wooden clips, strap
90×74 cm - Cruising, 2023Acrylic on canvas, fine art photo prints, artist frames, wooden clips, strap
93,5×73 cm - Untitled, 2022fine art print, artist frame
174×194 cm - Untitled, 2022fine art print, artist frame and plaster
34×70×63 cm - Unisex, 2022neon
96×100 cm
Edition ed. 1/3 - Untitled, 2020fine art print, artist frame
108,5×88,5×5,5 cm
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2020fine art print, artist frame
108,9×88×6 cm
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2020fine art print, artist frame
108,5×88,5×6 cm
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2020fine art print, artist frame
130×100 cm
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2020fine art print, artist frame
109×88,5×6 cm
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2021fine art print, artist frame
86×105,5 cm
Edition 2/3 - Untitled, 2021fine art print, artist frame
86×105,5 cm
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2021fine art print, artist frame
86×105,5 cm
Edition 2/3 - Untitled, 2021wood structure, plaster, prints, mirror, fine art print, artist frame
257×166×105 cm
Edition unique - Untitled, 2021, detailwood structure, plaster, prints, mirror, fine art print, artist frame
257×166×105 cm
Edition unique - Untitled, 2021, detailwood structure, plaster, prints, mirror, fine art print, artist frame
257×166×105 cm
Edition unique - Untitled, 2021, detailwood structure, plaster, prints, mirror, fine art print, artist frame
257×166×105 cm
Edition unique - Untitled, 2021fine art print, artist frame
131×106 cm
Edition 2/3 - Untitled, 2021fine art print, artist frame
131×106 cm
Edition 3/3 - Untitled, 2021fine art print, artist frame
131×106 cm
Edition 2/3 - Untitled, 2021fine art print, artist frame
86×105,5 cm
Edition 2/3 - Untitled, 2020fine art print, artist frame
85×105 cm
Edition 2/3 - Untitled, 2020fine art print, artist frame
70×55 cm
Edition 3/7 - Untitled, 2020fine art print, artist frame
70×55 cm
Edition 3/7 - Stay away, 2020fine art print, artist frame
120×100 cm
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2019fine art print
130×100 cm
Edition 1/3 - Asia Argento, 2019fine art print, artist frame
65×50 cm
Edition 2/7 - Selfportrait 1970/2019, 2019fine art prints, artist frames, plaster
180×290×13 cm
Edition unique - Autoritratto, 2018fine art print, artist frame
46×66 cm
Edition unique - Untitled, 2019fine art print, artist, table
40×30 cm
Edition 1/7 - Untitled, 2019fine art print, artist, table
40×30 cm
Edition 1/7 - Untitled, 2019fine art print
130×100 cm
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2019fine art print
100×80 cm
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2019fine art print, artist frame
62×127 cm
first photograph 62x77 cm framed, second photograph 62x50 cm framed
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2019fine art print, artist frame
100×80 cm
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2019fine art print, artist frame
100×80 cm
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2019fine art print, artist frame
62×50 cm
Edition 1/7 - Untitled, 2019fine art print, artist frame
62x100 cm framed, first photograph 62x50 cm framed, second photograph 62x50 cm framed
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2019fine art print
100x80 cm framed, photograph 25x20 cm each
Edition 1/3 - Untitled, 2019fine art print
100x80 cm framed, photograph 25x20 cm each
Edition 1/3 - Untitled , 2019fine art print
40×30 cm
Edition 2/7 - Sharol, 2019fine art print, artist frame
72×73 cm
Edition unique - Sharol, 2019fine art print, artist frame
49×63 cm
Edition unique - True Love, 2018fine art print, artist frame
89×62 cm
Edition unique - Tete D’Or Lyon, 2018fine art print, artist frame
42×53 cm
Edition 1/7 - Power, 2018fine art print, artist frame
44×54 cm
Edition 2/7 - BEN-042_300fine art print, artist frame
69×79 cm
Edition 2/7 - Painting, 2018fine art print, artist frame
58×48 cm
Edition 1/7 - Moira Is Not Dead, 2018fine art print, artist frame
70×40 cm
Edition unique - Fetish, 2018fine art print, artist frame
52×82 cm
Edition unique - Clouds, 2018fine art print, artist frame
48×68 cm
Edition unique - Cina, 2018fine art print, artist frame
83×57 cm
Edition unique - Berlin zoo, 2018fine art print, artist frame
51×40 cm
Edition 1/7 - Autoritratto, 2018fine art print, artist frame
46×66 cm
Edition unique - Asia, 2018fine art print, artist frame
57×79 cm
Edition unique - Slippers, 2018fine art print, artist frame
70×50 cm
Edition 3/7 - Procession, 2018fine art print, artist frame
110×135 cm
Edition 1/3 - Pogo, 2018fine art print, artist frame
110×135 cm
Edition 1/3 - Cantanti, 2018fine art print, artist frame
110×135 cm
Edition 1/3 - Batteria, 2018fine art print, artist frame
110×135 cm
Edition 1/3