A photo book by Jacopo Benassi that brings together images in which the artist portrays and documents his own intimacy over a 25-year period, from the day he announced his homosexuality: a human journey comprising meetings that have left an indelible sign on his personal story as an artist.
Published on occasion of the exhibition
Jacopo Benassi: Vuoto at the Centro Pecci,
FAGS is a rare and intimate artistic project, that revolves around issues of gender, the body and self-portrait: a voyeuristic journey into
sexuality, far from any stereotypes, communicated through the author's obsessions and self-representations.
The book (bilingual: English-Italian) includes a dialogue between Jacopo Benassi and Elena Magini, analysing the genesis and mood of the project, contextualizing it within the photographer's artistic project.
Jacopo Benassi (born 1970, lives and works in La Spezia, Italy) is one of the most prolific and talented Italian photographers. His work has the camera at its centre but he touches on languages such as performance, video, curating, and sound. He has collaborated for many years with the director Paolo Sorrentino, and has developped many projects with
Federico Pepe. He has worked with some of the most legendary international musicians of the international punk and post-punk scene. During his career he has worked, among the others, for
Rolling Stone,
Purple Magazine,
GQ,
Vice,
Wired,
ICON Panorama,
Riders, just to name a few.
