| “…in my photographs my references should never be obvious or easily
recognised, what occurred before the snapshot and what could happen after
it should remain a mystery. I want the images I propose to strike as vague
intuition, as a hint of the future, as a prolonged look…”
Sergio Scabar
Sergio Scabar was born in 1946 in Ronchi dei Legionari (Gorizia, Italy), where he leaves and works. Starting from a simple photographic shot, Sergio Scabar creates unique pieces of art through his use of a virtually maniacal printing technique that is both mysterious and alchemic. His works are the result of an elaborate series of manual processes, only apparently traditional, in which the exposed negative is slowly transformed. His is an elaboration of reality that reveals a world made of shadings, suffused light and deep shadows, all part of the patient, slow and poetic research by the artist. Scabar’s particular imagery is exclusively created through photographic means, without any additional pictorial or digital modification. The artist aims to achieve a balance between light-sensitive materials, chemical products, paper and water to emphasise brightness, shadow and form. This direct contact with the materials is fundamental for Scabar, for it incorporates his concept of the desire to work solely with traditional methods and the meticulousness of classical photography. The laborious printing method creates one-off prints, determined by his well-balanced ratio of chemical versus sensual input. Scabar tackles the real and visual issues concerning the reproducibility of photography, devising his own combination of poetry and craftsmanship. Objects of daily usage are shown as being caressed by light or enclosed by a soft glow, while the backgrounds become dark disguises to evoke a dreamlike atmosphere, full of suspense. The further singularity of each photograph is emphasised by the different frame that Scabar personally creates for his images, whereby he takes the subject matter of the individual work into consideration. |
| Sergio Scabar - Selected Group Exhibitions | |
2012 |
Palinsesti XX, Casa Cavazzini, Udine (Italy) |
| Palinsesti XX, Casa Cavazzini, Udine (Italy) | |
| Il fuoco della Natura/ The Flash of Nature, Salone degli Incanti -Ex Pescheria, Trieste (Italy) | |
| Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) | |
2011 |
Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) |
| Artisti per una cultura resistente, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) | |
| Corrispondenze d'arte, Civico Museo Revoltella, Trieste (Italy) | |
| + 25, Giovetti Fotospazio, Pordenone (Italy) | |
| Punto Fermo, Palazzo Altan, San Vito al Tagliamento (Italy) | |
2010 |
Fotografare la fotografia, Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi, Pordenone (Italy) |
| Fighting Flowers, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) | |
| Fotografare la fotografia, Teatro Miela, Trieste (Italy) | |
| Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) | |
2009 |
Limite alla rovescia, Palazzo Minucci, Vittorio Veneto, Treviso (Italy) |
| Kaléidoscope d'Italie, Centre national de l'audiovisuel (CNA), Dudelange (Luxembourg) | |
| Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) | |
| Art Verona, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea , Verona (Italy) | |
| Im Licht von Morandi / Nella luce di Morandi, Galleria Goethe, Bolzano (Italy) | |
| Still in Motion - The 10th Anniversary, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) | |
2008 |
Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) |
| VitualGart, Musei provinciali\palazzo Attems, Petzenstein (Gorizia) | |
| MiArt, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Milano (Italy) | |
| Art Verona, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea , Verona (Italy) | |
| Shapes of Time, Biennale di Alessandria, Alessandria (Italy) | |
2007 |
MiArt, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Milano (Italy) |
| Art(verona, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Verona (Italy) | |
| Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) | |
| Is there anybody out there?, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) | |
2006 |
Arte Fiera, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Bologna (Italy) |
| MiArt, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Milano (Italy) | |
| Prima Luce, Padova (Italy) | |
| In hoc signo, la croce nella fotografia, Pordenone (Italy) | |
| Italia 1946-2006, dalla ricostruzione al nuovo millennio, Pordenone (Italy) | |
| 57° Premio Michetti, Laboratorio Italia, Francavilla al mare (Ch) (Italy) | |
| Art(verona, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Verona (Italy) | |
| Un monde non-objectif en photographie, Galerie Thessa Herold, Paris (France) | |
2005 |
Prima luce, Mostra internazionale di fotografia, Ancona (Italy) |
2003 |
Presenze fotografiche, Galleria Teardo, Pordenone (Italy) |
| Galleria Sergio e Thao Mandelli, Seregno (Mi) (Italy) | |
| Trieste: una città sospesa, Graz (Austria) | |
| Fotoincontro, Kulturni Dom, Gorizia (Italy) | |
2002 |
Arte Fiera, Galleria Nuova Artesegno, Bologna (Italy) |
| Orizzonti a Nordest, Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo (Ud) (Italy) | |
2001 |
Punto a Nordest, Villa di Troppo Florio, Buttrio (Ud) (Italy) |
| Arte Fiera, Galleria Nuova Artesegno, Bologna (Italy) | |
| Palazzo De Marchi, Poggiobello (Ud) (Italy) | |
2000 |
Arte Padova, Galleria Nuova Artesegno, Padova (Italy) |
| Tabularia, Prima rassegna Libro d'Artista, Staranzano (Go) (Italy) | |
1999 |
Bel tempo - Fine Weather, Ludwig Museum, Budapest (Hungary) |
| Didivuè, Colonos- Villacaccia (Ud) (Italy) | |
| Artein contemporanea, Latisana (Udine) (Italy) | |
1998 |
Contemporanea Sobodna Umetnost 98, Avventure d'arte lungo il confine, Monfalcone (Go) (Italy) |
| Opere fotografiche, Artestudio Clocchiatti, Udine (Italy) | |
| Rassegna libro d'artista, Grisignana (Croatia) | |
| Oggetti del desiderio: natura morta oggi, Palazzo Costanzi, Trieste (Italy) | |
1996 |
Arte Come, Romans d'Isonzo (Go) (Italy) |
| Cinque fotografi giuliani, Abik Art, Sacile (Pn) (Italy) | |
1995 |
Arte Open, Staranzano (Go) (Italy) |
| Cinque fotografi giuliani, Solighetto (Tv) (Italy) | |
1993 |
Fotografie, Galleria Reg. d'Arte Cont. Spazzapan, Gradisca d'Isonzo (Go) (Italy) |
| Sergio Scabar - Selected Solo Exhibitions | |
2011 |
Cidinors, Museo Etnografico del Friuli, Udine (Italy) |
| Nel silenzio delle cose, Galleria Sottopasso della Stua, Padova (Italy) | |
2008 |
Silenzio di luce, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Roma (Italy) |
| Silenzio di luce, Centro Arti Visive La Castella, Motta di Livenza (Italy) | |
2007 |
Silenzi di luce, Associazione Culturale Acanto, Bertinoro (Italy) |
| Silenzi di luce, artestudio clocchiatti, Udine (Italy) | |
2006 |
Photo Art Gallery La Batana, Rovinj (Croatia) |
2005 |
Imersion-Emersion, Colonos- Villacaccia (Ud) (Italy) |
| Silenzio di luce, Galleria Minimal, Trieste (Italy) | |
| Silenzio di luce, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste (Italy) | |
| Tempo fermo, Castello di Grumello, Grumello (Bg) (Italy) | |
2004 |
Galleria Reg. d'Arte Cont. Spazzapan, Gradisca d'Isonzo (Go) (Italy) |
| Galleria La Roggia, Pordenone (Italy) | |
2003 |
Galleria Juliet, Trieste (Italy) |
| Villa Ciani, Lestans (Pn) (Italy) | |
| Palazzo Frisacco, Tolmezzo (Ud) (Italy) | |
2002 |
Galleria Nuova Artesegno, Udine (Italy) |
| Juliet Parco Foundation, Casier (Tv) (Italy) | |
2000 |
Fotografie, Mariano del Friuli (Go) (Italy) |
| Galleria Nuova Artesegno, Udine (Italy) | |
| In file, Colonos- Villacaccia (Ud) (Italy) | |
1999 |
Hicetnunc, Cordovado (Pn) (Italy) |
| Artestudio Clocchiatti, Udine (Italy) | |
| Centro d'Arte Grigoletti, Pordenone (Italy) | |
1998 |
Studio d'Arte Bassanese, Trieste (Italy) |
1995 |
Art Gallery, Ronchi dei Legionari (Go) (Italy) |
1993 |
Studio d'Arte Bassanese, Trieste (Italy) |
1990 |
Studio d'Arte Bassanese, Trieste (Italy) |
| Galleria Exit, Gorizia (Italy) | |