David LaChapelle, Vogue Italia, When The World Is Through, 2005 ©David LaChapelle
With over ninety works that trace his brilliant path, David LaChapelle (Fairfield, 1963) is on display in Friuli Venezia Giulia for the first time. Hosting the David LaChapelle – Fulmini exhibition , curated by Studio David LaChapelle under the artistic direction of Gianni Mercurio, is the Salone degli Incanti in Trieste, a former historic large and bright fish shop with windows facing the sea, used for years as an exhibition venue . “ I hope to instill optimism ”, so the American photographer , one of the most influential artists on the world scene, declares to the city. The exhibition showcases the entire career of David LaChapelle, without neglecting some now iconic series ( Jesus is my homeboy, Pietas with Courtney Love , American Jesus: Hole me Carry me boldly with Michael Jackson , Deluge ) and other large format and very recent unpublished ones (2022). And it is precisely from one of the latter that we start, backwards, to underline an openly political side of his artistic research, which is not so evident at first glance. Read More at Artribune.
