In the field of photography, manipulation becomes the hallmark of an artistic practice which rejects the image’s claim to authenticity as a supposedly faithful depiction of reality, emphasizing instead its rhetorical, dramatic power.
The spaces portrayed in Giuseppe Lo Schiavo’s works represent the fusion of real and imaginary places, visions built in a dramatic manner, before and after shooting, becoming immersive due to the scale, the anamorphic effect and the chromatic quality of the prints.
Lo Schiavo conceives his photographs as tableaux, elaborated sets of a virtual space, creating the illusion of an open window (both metaphorical and literal) on a new reality and evoking images which are ancient and futuristic, artificial and natural at the same time.
Hybridisation is the foundation of the artist’s work that moves among art, photography, trompe-l’œil, reality and virtuality, drawing suggestions from the past and re-interpreting them through science, popular culture and the digital ecosystem.