Lucas Missoni: Moon Atlas (Limited edition)

Description

Luca Missoni is an Italian photographer passionate about astronomy. The moon has always been at the centre of his artistic research. For more than twenty years he has been realising a photographic project which explores the moon, focusing on the tension between reality and imagination. In his childhood he started to observe the moon with a telescope, collecting maps and books. With the myth of the moon increasing its charm since the Sixties, with its explorations, Missoni has been more and more inspired to pursue a project for a personal Atlas of the heavenly body. The book is structured in two main sections: the first part with an obsessive and rigorous representation of the moon in all its phases; the second part with its interpretation in a continuous testing of colours and composition of different phases. The result is a personal trip around the moon with a representation of the visible side of our satellite, in a continuous tension towards the shadowed and hidden part.

For the family business, Missoni has directed Knitwear Research and Product Development, and for more than twenty years has designed Men and Sport collections. Today he is the Artistic Director of the Missoni Archive which he developed as a research tool and a communication project, enhancing the historical and artistic heritage of the brand while curating museum exhibitions and visual and performing arts projects. Photography has always been an integral part of his visual research. Passionate about astronomy, since childhood he has been fascinated by the telescope observation of the moon. His photographic works have been presented in 2001 with the Photology Gallery in Milan. He had his first solo show in 2002 at the Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans and since 2008 is represented by the Michael Hoppen Gallery in London. He has a great passion for flying and aeroplanes. With his wife Judith and their family they live between Varese (Italy) and New York.

Moon Atlas is structured in two sections: a photographic study of the moon in each of its phases, followed by playful renderings of the moon in various colors and compositions, highlighting the tension between the bright visible face and the hidden dark side. The result is Missoni's personal interpretation of our closest heavenly body, a journey through his lifelong appreciation of Earth's satellite, and a beautiful book capturing the obsession of artists throughout history from the perspective of a seasoned eye.--Liz Hartman "Publishers Weekly " Truly out of this world.--Elaina Sullivan "Domino " Moon Atlas is both scientific in its rigorous execution and artistic in its effect.--Hannah Abel-Hirsch "British Journal of Photography "