Roberto ghezzi
The Mountain's eyes
Roberto Ghezzi (1978, Cortona, IT). His training began in the family sculpture studio and was perfected at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. He began exhibiting in the nineties and his beginnings were linked to painting. All of his production is based on a strong interest in the natural landscape, which, at the beginning, he investigated both through pictorial representation and through "field" experiments, in direct contact with the natural environment. It is a study carried out over the course of a decade, which, starting from a scientific approach of in-depth examination of organic reality, takes on conceptual form through matter. In the early 2000s he presented to the public works related to the aforementioned research, developed over the years.
Unpublished creations, which arise from studies and experiments on natural, often uncontaminated places, and whose title Naturografie© contains within itself the founding concept of both the final result and the process. The latter is an integral part of the work, in a journey to the origins of the relationship between artist and nature, where the support is a space of communion between them. The artist creates with nature, but at the same time supervises every phase of creation: from the determination of the initial variables, to the time factor, up to the final form.
At Gallery MCUBE in Nepal, Italian artist Roberto Ghezzi is showcasing The Mountain’s Eyes, a project created during his residency at Annapurna Base Camp. Ghezzi’s work aims to capture the essence of the Himalayas by using a special lens crafted on-site, enabling the mountains to reveal their vision through art. Curated by Gabriele Salvaterra and supported by Gallery MCUBE, Phoresta ETS, and the University of Turin, the project blends art and science, featuring scientific oversight from researchers like Rodolfo Cafosi and logistical support from Sherpa guide Suraj Gurung.
For the first time, after two decades of creating art in extreme environments worldwide, Ghezzi’s focus is solely on the Himalayas. Using handmade cameras crafted from recycled materials, he will “give eyes” to the mountains, capturing their perspective through long-exposure pinhole photography.
