Giacomo Costa, 'Volume n. 1', 2000, COS0110BLE, Cibachrome under plexiglass and silicone, cm. 61 x 61, No. 1 from an edition of 3, Signed and noted by the artist.
Born in Florence in 1970, after his high school degree, Giacomo Costa leaves his hometown to start travelling through European mountains. In 1992 he decides to reside in Courmayeur, where he photographs mountain landscapes. The increasing interest in photography leads him back to Florence, where he opens a photographic studio. In his free time, he is a professional biker; moreover he works as a volunteer in a mountain first-aid association and as an ambulance driver. His production includes Agglomerati, kaleidoscopic accumulations of urban buildings; Paesaggi (Landscapes), which features countryside or urban landscapes from where enormous monoliths stem out; Palazzi (Palaces), lonely buildings surrounded by mountain or desert landscapes; Visioni Rotonde (Round visions), compositions whose subject is similar to that of Paesaggi but in a round shape, an ultra-modern interpretation of Renaissance “tondo”; Atti Violenti, (Violent Actions) urban landscapes surmounted by giant machines. Among his latest works, Montagne (Mountains); Megalopoli; Cantieri.
