Jacopo Benassi & Giulia Cenci : Pietraia
Published by Nero
Saturday, April 18th at 6pm
Jacopo Benassi
Giulia Cenci
Nero
Jacopo Benassi is an Italian artist and photographer. Active since the 1980s, he began his research
within the underground music scene, gradually developing a personal and direct visual language
characterized by the use of flash and a raw, instinctive aesthetic.
His work spans photography, performance, painting, and installation, maintaining an intimate and
material approach throughout. He has published numerous books and fanzines. He lives and works
in La Spezia.
Born in Cortona in 1988, Giulia Cenci lives and works between Amsterdam and Cortona. After
graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna (2007–2012), she continued her studies with
a Master in Fine Arts at the St. Joost Academy in Den Bosch-Breda, Netherlands (2013–2015) and
participated in the prestigious residency at De Ateliers in Amsterdam (2015–2017). Her works are
included in numerous collections and have been exhibited at significant national and international
institutions, including the 59th Venice Biennale The Milk of Dreams, the High Line in New York,
MUDAM in Luxemburg, the MAXXI in Rome, and the Pecci Center in Prato. In 2023, Giulia Cenci
exhibited at Palazzo Strozzi in the show Reaching for the Stars. From Maurizio Cattelan to Lynette
Yiadom-Boakye, realized in collaboration with the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.
NERO is an international publishing house devoted to art, criticism and contemporary culture.
Founded in Rome in 2004, it publishes artists’ books, catalogs, editions and essays.
NERO explores present and future imaginaries beyond any field of specialization, format or code –
as visual arts, music, philosophy, politics, aesthetics or fictional narrations – extensively
investigating unconventional perspectives and provocative outlooks to decipher the essence of
this ever changing reality.
Where
Level 7 / COMMERCE